slow server

[Michael]

Looking at your screenshot you're running 57 Processes and using around 700 - 800MB of memory (which is quite normal). It doesn't look like you have a memory leak.

 

If you open up My Computer and choose 'Help > About Windows' what Service Pack do you have installed? It should be Service Pack 2. If you are already running 2003 Service Pack 2, run Windows Update as there are quite a few post hotfixes. Make sure you reboot after applying all fixes!

 

Although Sophos is known to cause a little slow down on machines with low memory (256-512MB) I don't genuinely believe Sophos is the problem of your slow down.

[Sophos-Support-5]

You might want to look at this script from Sophos another memebr posted it up a while ago this'll get rid of your sophos installs on the server with nothing sticking around

 

Wow. That's old. Really old. I doubt it would work.

 

REM -===- VERSION 1.01 -===-

@ECHO OFF
ECHO ================================================== ==================
ECHO Sophos Anti-Virus 5.x / Sophos Anti-Virus 6.x -- Removal Script

 

...so no removal of SAV7.x then.

 

And I can see obvious formatting problems with the text. Namely rogue spaces...

 

ECHO [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\[b]Servic es\[/b]SAVAdminService] >> %TEMP%\SOTMP.REG
ECHO [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\[b]Servic es\SAVOnAccess Control[/b]] >> %TEMP%\SOTMP.REG
ECHO [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\[b]Servic es\SAVOnAccess Filter[/b]] >> %TEMP%\SOTMP.REG
ECHO [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\[b]Servic es[/b]\SAVService] >> %TEMP%\SOTMP.REG
ECHO [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\[b]Servic es[/b]\Sophos Agent] >> %TEMP%\SOTMP.REG
ECHO [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\[b]Servic es[/b]\Sophos AutoUpdate Agent] >> %TEMP%\SOTMP.REG
ECHO [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\[b]Servic es[/b]\Sophos AutoUpdate Service] >> %TEMP%\SOTMP.REG
ECHO [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\[b]Servic es[/b]\Sophos Message Router] >> %TEMP%\SOTMP.REG

 

The newer versions now include the line asking not to pass the script around so we can control this kind of thing...

 

ECHO Sophos Anti-Virus [b]4/5/6/7.x[/b] -- Removal Script
ECHO Copyright (c) 2007-2009, Sophos Plc, http://www.sophos.com
ECHO. 
ECHO 		DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT THE PRIOR CONSENT OF
ECHO 			SOPHOS TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

 

I would not recommend running that script purely because it could cause far more problems that the ones you're trying to fix.

 

Regards,

 

Sophos Technical Support