ashserv.exe big cpu occupancy related to ?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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not At the same time

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Good.
Right now, any problem with avast? Can we help further?

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selecting folders then thorough scan, it works , no locks up ,maybe rootkit scan is’nt involved with that scan option , anyway it works fine

thanks

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has the roootkit scan been moved forward in the last software updates ?
now instead of 120 seconds ashserv.exe starts working hard after 5 minutes from the boot

ps.quick scan works , standard scan lock up after some second in windows dir , thorough scan lock up in windows dir too but after some minute

just curious

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Yes, I think the rootkit scan has been postponed a bit.
It’s better to run an antirootkit scan when “nothing is happening” (i.e. not very soon after the computer is started, because many programs are being started and finished at that time, which is not good).

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Which is the default now?

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ok
with the last avast upgrade rootkit scan seems starting after 8 minutes but there is no more the cpu usage lasting for 13 inutes (same in standard and thorough scan , no more lock ups for 13 minutes)
very good , but

how can i be sure avast has done the rootit scan ? the stand alone rootkit scan still goes on for miutes while the standard rootkit scan in avast is unnoticed , good but while before i had that behaviour now it seems too good to be true

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If you look in the avast log folder you will find a file containing a report of the last rootkit scan with start and end times logged. The file is called aswAr.log.

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thanks found
is it possible it lasts only 6 seconds ?
the stand alone goes on for minutes like it did before the avast version too

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Mine only lasts for 3 seconds.

Which “standalone” do you mean the asqhquick method or the aswar.exe program?

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Rootkit scanning is much faster… is just comparing ‘before’ and ‘after’ processes running to discover hidden files and infections.

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aswar.exe

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Do you mean that default avast antirootkit scan last only few seconds? ???

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The aswar.exe has not been updated since the initial beta release (at least it had not been yesterday when I checked again). No doubt when the standalone version is released as a full product it will display the same speed improvements that are now incorporated into the main antivirus.

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yes , the avast rootkit scan at start up after 8 minutes lasts few seconds, check the log , the same in standart and thorough scan , very good , before i had to disable it because my pc was very slow for many minutes
standalone aswar.exe beta stll lasts many minutes at high cppu occupancy as said above