Too Many Access on Disc

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Domino
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Too Many Access on Disc

Post by Domino »

Hello Everybody,
First excuse my poor English, I'm French and don't speak very good English :(
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I use ADBlock+ 3.7 and FF 71.0 (64b) but I think it appeared long before

I have a problem with ADBlock+ on Firefox (I don't know when it started, I realized it when I wanted to change my HDD to an SSD and that I wanted to watch Taskmgr to know which software used the most my disk)

ADBlock+ makes many R/W access to my disk (FAR TOO MUCH access : 50 to 60 /s ! ) even though I only have one tab open on a blank page :shock:

If I kill the process that makes all these accesses this stops the increase in the number of accesses but this also stops ADBlock+ which no longer blocks any advertising :x

While reading the forums on the internet I saw that this kind of problem had already existed in the 2000's with a list that reloaded every second (or almost) creating this same kind of problem

Note than my filter lists are: - ABP Filters
- Easy Privacy
- Liste FR+EasyList (in this order)
And 8 "custom filters" on specific sites

Then I have no choice but to stop ADBlock+ (and languish under the commercials), don't change my HDD to SSD (all these accesses especially in writing will wear it out quickly I fear)... or change my ad bloker (although I have been using it for many years and am very happy about it) :roll: .

Can you help me ?
Thanks in advance :)
Dom
sbell
ABP Technical Support Specialist
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Re: Too Many Access on Disc

Post by sbell »

Hi @Domino!

Many apologies for the delay in response. We are more than happy to help! Can you let us know which device and operating system you are using with Adblock Plus? We look forward to your follow up!

Thanks
Shannon
ABP Support Team
Domino
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Re: Too Many Access on Disc

Post by Domino »

Hi,

I just read your message on FB.

I use ABP on a : Toshiba's PC Satellite Pro with i5-2410M @2.3Ghz 8Gb RAM and 1Tb HDD - System is Win 7 Pro Sp1 6.1.7601 64b

Have a nice day
Domino
sbell
ABP Technical Support Specialist
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Re: Too Many Access on Disc

Post by sbell »

Thanks for the follow up! We'll run a few tests on our end. We'll reach out if wee require more details. Thank you again for bringing this to our attention.

Thanks
Shannon
ABP Support Team
Domino
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Re: Too Many Access on Disc

Post by Domino »

Hi ABP Support Team (Shannon)

What's up ?
I still have my problem and waiting for install my SSD

Thanks
Dom
sbell
ABP Technical Support Specialist
Posts: 522
Joined: Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:08 pm

Re: Too Many Access on Disc

Post by sbell »

Hi @Domino!

Thanks for following up. We are still researching and investigating ways to make the extension less "heavy". We will be releasing an update this month. Please let us know if you notice any difference post release.

Thanks
Shannon
ABP Support Team
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