Avast 2014/9 Win 8.1 system performance atrocious

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I’ve been an Avast user for ages, and since the upgrade to v9 (2014), my system performance has been awful. Vritually anything I do (new browser tab, copy file, run anything else), it causes massive slowness - to the point that music playing in the background is distorted.

Was looking to find out how to go back to v8. I can still use my license, but I can’t find where to download the old version from avast’s site. I can get it from a third party site, but I’d rather not do that.

Anyone know where the DL for the last version of v8 is on Avast’s site/

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The older setups are never on avast server.
You can trust these: http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=feed

Although, better than downgrade would be troubleshoot what is wrong…

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You’re probably right about that, but I’m not sure where to begin beyond trying the old version and seeing if the same problem is there.

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Are you sure it’s worth the effort?

There are several incompatibilities between Avast and Windows 8.1. Actually, between Windows 8.1 and pretty much every software out there right now, if I may

In your case, I would uninstall Avast 9, stick with windows defender for a while and then go back to Avast when people figure out how to make the combination run smooth once again

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Hmm. That’s an idea I didn’t consider. I might give that a go for a few days and see if I still have the problems vs going back to Avast 8. Tkx for the idea!

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Hmmm… In fact, avast! is running without a problem in my Windows 8.1… Which are these “several” incompatibilities?

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Need to also consider what other software users have on their windows 8.1 machines.The OS is not always to blame for incompatibilities.