4.6 Pro Slows Down Greatly when Ameritrade Java Streamer is On

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello,

Currently, I use avast! Pro 4.6 on two computers (1-year paid licenses).

When I’m in Internet Explorer (Win XP Pro, SP2, P4 3.0 H/T w/1G RAM) viewing stocks on the Ameritrade site (https://www.ameritrade.com) and then open a new window to continue surfing on other sites, the surfing speed slows down greatly on approximately 50% of them.

Most recently, I’ve used KAV 5 Business Optimal for Windows Workstation and experienced no such percent slowdown (and KAV 5 did do some browser scanning, I believe).

Is there a setting in the avast! ini file I might change to speed things up? I really prefer avast to KAV, but this slowdown has got me down. ::slight_smile:

Thanks in advance.

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Whilst, I can’t view the trades data being updated, etc. The main page loads quickly using firefox and on a dial-up connection.

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Hello DavidR,

Yes, it seems now as if my ISP is to blame for the slowdown. I think they must know I’m changing to another in a week or so.

I’ll report again if the slowdown reoccurs, but for now things are moving well, browsing-wise.

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Good luck with the switch of ISP and with AmeriTrade.

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Actually, this is the worst thing we were afraid of when designing the Web Shield.
Now, people start blaming us that their Internet connection is slow every time there’s a problem (even though it is not related in any way with avast) :slight_smile:

Let’s see if our assumption was correct. :slight_smile:

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Hello Vlk,

Latency issues notwithstanding, I believe avast! is a super program. Thanks also for working with RitLabs (I use TheBat! for my email).

Regards