System slowdown

TWDesigns · 02-21-2006, 01:27 PM

There's another tread with people having the same problems. I just figured out what was slowing mine down finally and was getting ready to post when I saw your thread.

My mouse jumps all over the screen and FlashFXp uses a ton of resources.
I found that if I turn my firewall off the problem goes away instantly. If I turn it back on the problem starts back up slowly.

I'm running Norton Client Security 2.0.

Firewall on = problem
Firewall off = no problem

Not sure who's side the problem is on. I've been running both together for a long time but upgraded both Norton and FlashFXp a week or so ago which is when the problem started.

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Some information that might help the support team.

Running either Stable or Beta Version of FlashFXP (have tried both)
I have 0 problems with anything else other than flashfxp.
I usually am running Photoshop, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Streaming MP3's and etc with no problems
I get no problems when trasnfering files through GoLive or Dreamweaver FTP.

AMD 64 3200+
1g Ram
Dual SATA Raid 0
Windows XP Sp2 + All Updates.
3com Giga NIC

Maybe some more people could post here that are having the same problem with what firewall version they are running.
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Seome · 02-21-2006, 02:27 PM

If your firewall/anti-virus is slowing FlashFXP down there are several things to check.

First make sure you do not have byte level scanning enabled by your anti-virus software as this will slow your computer down excessively during file transfers. If you do have it active make sure it is only active when you actually open a file not move/save it.

Another thing to check is for any "worm" protection. Some firewalls will have a worm protection which scans all incoming data for trojans and worms. When this is active on FTP transfers it can cause some significant resource use by your system.

You can limit some of the scanning/blocking by your Firewall/Anti-virus by making sure that FlashFXP is listed in the exceptions list for both.

In some cases CPU usage of the firewall/anti-virus can be increased by having file compression turned on on a file, if your anti-virus is attempting to scan the compressed file as it arrives and then your CPU is also having to un-compress the file this may be a part of your problem.

Do any of these things help you?

-Chris
Inicom Networks Support

X3 · 02-22-2006, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seome

If your firewall/anti-virus is slowing FlashFXP down there are several things to check.

First make sure you do not have byte level scanning enabled by your anti-virus software as this will slow your computer down excessively during file transfers. If you do have it active make sure it is only active when you actually open a file not move/save it.

Another thing to check is for any "worm" protection. Some firewalls will have a worm protection which scans all incoming data for trojans and worms. When this is active on FTP transfers it can cause some significant resource use by your system.

You can limit some of the scanning/blocking by your Firewall/Anti-virus by making sure that FlashFXP is listed in the exceptions list for both.

In some cases CPU usage of the firewall/anti-virus can be increased by having file compression turned on on a file, if your anti-virus is attempting to scan the compressed file as it arrives and then your CPU is also having to un-compress the file this may be a part of your problem.

Do any of these things help you?

-Chris
Inicom Networks Support

And Since I posted the original question/problem I get no reply...BECAUSE????

I have no issues with the firewall (just for the record) The firewall is for the best of and hability configured to let FlashFxp do whatever and on or off I still experience the issue that I described on my original post AND is still unaswered.

There is a word for that....

RUDE