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Firefox Ultimate Optimizer

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by broni, 2008/09/04.

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    broni

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    http://firefox-ultimate-optimizer.en.softonic.com/



    I just installed it, and so far I'm impressed.
    Before, when I started FF3, it was using ~80k of RAM, and kept growing during use up to ~350k.
    Look at FF RAM usage after I installed Firefox Ultimate Optimizer:

    [​IMG] (<--- screenshot from my Task Manager)
     
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    I have downloaded, bur not installed the Optimizer. My McAfee SiteAdvisor went crazy with different page, which were offered.I will wait for further inputs, but it seems good at cutting down the memory usage.
    Do you have to install the Optimizer in each browser? I have both 2.0.0.16 and 3.0.1.
    I did a Google search, and was surprised by the number of yellow sites. Others gave info this kind.
    I would not use it.
     
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    OK. The download site is marked in yellow by McAfee, but the download, itself is green.
    I scanned the file with Avast, and Malwarebytes, and they didn't complain.
    After about 2 hours of using FF with Firefox Ultimate Optimizer running, RAM usage stays under 3k, which is amazing to me.
    Without Optimizer my FF would be taking up to 300k, and getting slower.
    Good question about two FF versions installed. I simply don't know.
     
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    I will try to ask my question in a different way. I see that the download is a .zip file, presumably unzipped to an .exe file. It said about an icon in the taskbar. That appears to me that the optimizer is installed outside Firefox, or do you know where it is installed. I cannot get a feeling if it is like an add-on, or something outside the program. I am, almost, tempted to see what it does.
     
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    It looks very interesting. A number of the downloaders had AV's triggered. My first thought it is a "false positive ". If it is, the author will need to submit / contact all of malware police and get it on a whitelist. I scanned the install file at Jotti's malware scan (19 different scan engines), got 7 hits.
     

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    broni

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    I doesn't even have any installer. After unzipping there is noe "Languages" folder, "settings.ini" file, and one .exe file. You can put them anywhere. I just created a folder in Program Files.
    Then you double click on .exe, and an icon appears in systray with one option under right click: "Start with Windows ", plus language option.
    That's it.

    Dennis
    I scanned the file at VirusTotal, and it got some hits, but none from major engines.
    I scanned with Avast, and Malwarebytes...nothing.
    Running it for couple of hours already, and happy with it.
     
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    I have just downloaded & started using it. It just works but how, nobody seems to know. Perhaps somebody at Mozilla ought to take a look at it.
     
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    broni

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    I did some more reading about the subject.
    Surely, there is no miracle. The program shifts FF memory use from RAM to virtual memory.
    The strange thing is, that VM should be slower, than RAM, but I can't see any difference in FF speed.
     
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    In fact FF seems to work faster after using it.

    What's happening ? :confused:
     
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    broni

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    I have no clue.
    This is from author's page HERE
    This is Google's transaltion from Spanish.
     
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    It says that Microsoft NET Framework 2.0 is required. What is it? It may be the source of scanning problems. I never went past NET Framework1.1, and, I have no clue what it is for.
     
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    NET framework is used by number of applications. It's versions run from 1.1 to 3.5, I believe.
     
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    The .NET Framework is fairly ubiquitous. Read about it here. The only real iisue with .NET is that is is not upward/downward compatible; you can easily end up with all versions installed in order to run all your programs.

    However, as for the original post topic, an optimizer that is itself a black box for an open source product? I am going to pass.
     
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    FWIW
    I've played with this optimizer most of the day, using FFox and Chrome. Can't tell any significant difference in speed of access on the web, to speak of. Like AKAJohnDoe, I say, "Out damned spot . . .!" At least 'til we know more about this 'aminal'.

    Bob
     
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    Yeah, I played with it all day and took it off. I could see no speed increasing. I did see that FF was using some ridiculously low amount of RAM. I understand the program is transferred to page file which is slower than RAM as some one has already said.

    Another pie-in-the-sky thing....:rolleyes:
     
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    Just one more thing I can live without. Thanks for the input, guys. My Firefox works just fine without it.
     
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