Yahoo email slow...very slow

[dustnbones]

I know this subject has been posted before but I'm getting the same problem. Every email is so slow. The last email took 96 seconds to send. When I stopped Avast running it worked fine. I'm using Firefox version 4. Version 5 is total crap.
Any ideas how to resolve this please?

[essexboy]

Update to version 6 ?

[dustnbones]

It's no problem with Firefox, it's an Avast issue.

[essexboy]

Sorry update to Avast 6 as my reading is that you have version 5 unless I am confused

[dustnbones]

I have Avast 6

[Asyn]

Which avast..?
Which version..?
OS..?

[dustnbones]

XP

[Asyn]

XP

Which SP on XP..??
Still don't know which avast and which version...??

[dustnbones]

As I said previously Avast version 6

[Pondus]

As I said previously Avast version 6

there have been 4 avast 6 releases....so he is asking for avast 6.? ? ? ?

[Asyn]

As I said previously Avast version 6

Sorry, but if you don't answer any questions, we can't help you...

[dustnbones]

What haven't I answered?

[dustnbones]

SP3

[dustnbones]

Full Avast version is 6.0.1203

[DavidR]

OK, I'm late in joining the party, but I too have some questions.

Since you mention "I'm using Firefox version 4. Version 5 is total crap"

Then I take it you are using Yahoo webmail (see #### below), e.g. viewed through your browser (otherwise I can see no point in mentioning your browser) or a POP3/SMTP account ?

What shield are you stopping or are you stopping all of them (not advisable) ?

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If you are using web mail, then it is the Web Shield that would monitor your HTTP traffic whilst viewing your email.
If you use an email program, like Thunderbird, etc. then it is the Mail Shield that monitors your email traffic.

If using webmail then you would presumably log on using an HTTPS page, which is validated before opening your email account probably on an HTTP page. Is this how you log on ?