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Thunderbird slow with McAfee

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bmeskin
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I thought I would change from Outlook to Thunderbird. It just seems so slow when working within the program itself, from deleting messages, to opening messages, just real un-responsive (continuous lag)? Everything else on my computer is just fine. Any recommendations please?

I thought I would change from Outlook to Thunderbird. It just seems so slow when working within the program itself, from deleting messages, to opening messages, just real un-responsive (continuous lag)? Everything else on my computer is just fine. Any recommendations please?

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christ1
christ1
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What is your anti-virus software?

bmeskin
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McAffee.

christ1
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Your problem is McAfee. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Antivirus_Related_Performance_Issues#McAfee

Wayne Mery
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bmeskin,

did https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Antivirus_Related_Performance_Issues#McAfee help you?