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atomas31

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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2011, 09:39:19 PM »
I use windows XP (SP3) and my connection is tune up like you can see when webshield is off...

@Bong2x, I am happy to see that I am not the only one with this problem  ;)

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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2011, 10:00:58 PM »
I use windows XP (SP3) and my connection is tune up like you can see when webshield is off...
Then on XP you can both use:
Information on 'Tweaking' your TCP stack
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Tweaking may fix
Slow download speeds
Download slower than upload speed
Skipping in TCP streaming video/audio
Connection issues to some sites
http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

bong2x

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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2011, 10:05:35 PM »
i already reduce the sensitivity of the web shield into (low)
but i do not try disable.

i understand that this new release is design for 64-bit system.

maybe for some users that using high speed net connection the reduce in speed is unnoticeable.

i did unchecked the "enable web scanning" and the speed back to normal.

Regards!!!!

 edit: i mean i did not try stopping web shield :D  i think "unchecked enable web scanning is the same as disabling :D " i am confused in using terms :D

  
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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2011, 10:16:08 PM »
Well I just used TCP Optimizer, which I have had on my system for years, but hadn't used it since I got broadband about 4 months ago. I used it to wring what ever was possible in my old dial-up.

When I set it to 20Mbits connection (it is actually a max of 40) and set it to optimal TCP settings, rebooted and ran the test again with the the web shield enabled, what a difference. My upload speed is restricted to 3Mbps/s  and download 40Mbps/s on my package.
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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2011, 10:39:23 PM »
i already reduce the sensitivity of the web shield into (low)
but i do not try disable.
i understand that this new release is design for 64-bit system.
maybe for some users that using high speed net connection the reduce in speed is unnoticeable.
i did unchecked the "enable web scanning" and the speed back to normal.

 edit: i mean i did not try stopping web shield :D  i think "unchecked enable web scanning is the same as disabling :D " i am confused in using terms :D

You have effectively stopped the web shield if you don't have the "enable web scanning" option checked.

I don't know where you got the idea that this new release is designed for 64bit (not that that would make any difference to downloads/speedtest, etc.). Best not to speculate.

The only additional thing for 64bit is the boot-time scan. There have been elements for 64bit OSes for some time but it isn't a native 64bit version. It is a 32bit program version which can adapt itself for 64bit OSes when installed on a 64bit OS.

I doubt lowering the Sensitivity would make much difference as the traffic is still going to be routed through the proxy I have mine set on Normal (the default) I used to have it on high, just that I forgot to bump it up after a clean install after the beta trial.

Those on high speed broadband are possibly more likely to see a difference as they are going to be pumping more data into the proxy to be scanned.

I just ran a test on that XP SP3 link on page one with the web shield running and was getting up to 5MB/s download speed, when I did the snapshot it was reporting an average of 4.3MB/s which is the fastest I have ever had (after my TCP Optimize spell).
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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2011, 10:58:19 PM »
Tuning XP TCP parameters is a a black art and thankfully Vista and Windows 7 have fixed this.

DavidR, it looks like TCP Optimizer helped your connection speed ???

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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2011, 11:04:11 PM »
Yes, not so much the connection speed, but it looks like my old dial-up optimizations TCP Receive window settings, etc. were throttling my fast broadband connection.
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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2011, 11:16:49 PM »
i got that idea saying new release is design for 64-bit, because 5.0 is stable only in 32-bit and in 64-bit is incomplete. so .1 means they add only 1 feature in the program 5, and the last 3 number is the number of compatibility that has been solve :D
only my point of view :D

i am not familiar with TCP but i will try

Thanks!!!!

 



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Re: Avast web shield reduce internet speed
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2011, 12:00:23 AM »
If it were a 64bit application, guess what, it wouldn't run on a 32bit OS.
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