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== McAfee == | == McAfee == | ||
McAfee has had major problems with Thunderbird, causing crashes and poor performance, "Not Responding", "Unresponsive Script", and other issues. For example [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13495577#p13495577], [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=12678533#p12678533], {{bug|592303}}. We recommend you do all of the following: | McAfee has had major problems with Thunderbird, causing crashes and poor performance, "Not Responding", "Unresponsive Script", and other issues. For example [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13985921#p13985921], [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=14013179#p14013179], [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13495577#p13495577], [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=12678533#p12678533], [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13483493#p13483493], [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13127165#p13127165], [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13846427#p13846427], [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13482389#p13482389 (in 2013)], {{bug|592303}}. We recommend you do all of the following: | ||
* Disable/delete '''McAfee Anti-Spam Thunderbird Extension''' in Tools | Add-ons | Extensions (It is safe to remove the add-on, and is absolutely not needed to have excellent virus protection.) | * Disable/delete '''McAfee Anti-Spam Thunderbird Extension''' in Tools | Add-ons | Extensions (It is safe to remove the add-on, and is absolutely not needed to have excellent virus protection.) | ||
* Disable email attachment scanning (it individually scans all emails which slows down Thunderbird) - '''Uncheck Email attachments under Real Time Scanning > Settings > Scan these attachments and locations''' | * Disable email attachment scanning (it individually scans all emails which slows down Thunderbird) - '''Uncheck Email attachments under Real Time Scanning > Settings > Scan these attachments and locations''' | ||