Every time I boot my system Avast 2015 checks what Winpatrol + is doing eventhough I have it excluded in FSS. So every 2 seconds or so I have Avast checking the same 32 files WP checks to see if they were modified in any formed.
I can bearly feels what is going on unless I pay attention to Avast icon spinning so often, but still it gets about 22 % of CPU to do this.
I have to open and close WPexplorer ( click a few tabs ) or exit and restart WP so that Avast stops checking the same files.
Personally I keep my nose out of the stats, etc. unless I have good reason to go looking, e.g. a persistent problem. In something like this it would probably be generating some CPU activity, but for the most part this would be minimal.
I don’t know what your cache settings (transient) are as I would have expected that once scanned the executable would be left alone until the next VPS update. This certainly doesn’t seem to be the case monitoring my Statistics Realtime data - I see three files constantly being scanned:
WinPatrol.exe
PuranDefragS.exe
PQV2iSvc.exe (my drive imaging software).
Now my caching settings are set to use the Transient cache and the Persistent cache. But I have a suspicion that the streaming updates could have an impact on the Transient cache as there are new signatures, resulting in rescanning.
However, there are gaps in the volume of streaming updates so there should be some respite on the scanning. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case, but even with this scanning my system doesn’t notice any adverse effect (slow, etc.).
That said I have entered the full path in the avastUI > Settings > Exclusions - File Paths and that is working on my XP system. Personally this shouldn’t be necessary if the Transient and Persistent caching worked as it used to.
Sorry Eddy. Exclusions or not it did not happen in Avast 2014.
Besides, Avast 2015 is not checking WP, it is checking the files WP is checking. So I can not exclude 30 or more files that WP has to check for any modifications, let’s say in the startup programs. Also. Why Avast 2015 does not keep checking the files after I open and close WinPatrol explorer ?
I would have expected it also but it does not seem what is going on here, and yes it may have something to do with how Avast is doing its updates now.
I excluded WP exe ( both ) processers and folders in FSS and I have set my Transient cache and the Persistent cache in both, fast and full scan.
I would try excluding WP in avastUI > Settings > Exclusions and see if there is any changes, but again I did not have to do this with avast! 2014.
Added After adding Winpatrol. exe and WinPatrolEx.exe and the whole Ruiware folder to File path, Deepscreen, and else. Avast still scan what ever WP is doing :
I have this 2 images taken just 3 or 4 minutes after reboot and Avast had 1800 files checked already. Most are the same files. Also the last image is after I open WPEx and click its tabs ( Services, Active tasks,etc…) and close WPEx ( not exit WP. My WP is still active in my task bar ) and all the scaning just stopped. Still you can see that there are some files that Avast checks over and over.
Yes. Like DavidR said above there seems to be no noticeable change in performance in my system and it is so fast that the only tell tale is Avast icon spinning 3 or 4 times every 5 seconds, even at idle.
Unfortunately you can only exclude the scanning of a file (or folder), but you can’t exclude what a file/program is doing. As far as I’m aware only the Web Shield has a ‘Processes to exclude’ function.
The cache settings you set relate to on-demand scans not on-access scanning (I believe).
The File System Shield has its own cache settings - avastUI > Settings > Active Protection > File System Shield - Advanced - Use Transient caching; Use Persistent caching
I remember a couple of years ago. Version 6 or 7. Used to do the same thing ( scan the same files over and over ), but I can not find the topic.
Well… I just have to open WP and close it. I don’t mind when WP checks the files now and then and you see Avast icon spinning, but every 3 or 4 seconds checking the same files is ridiculous.
Personally I wouldn’t close it - I rarely if ever notice the avast tray icon rotating. I would sooner stop the animation of the avast tray icon than stop WinPatrol Plus.
I wonder if there isn’t some settings in the WP Options that could be generating activity for possible transmission to WP - ‘Allow PLUS Info data collection’ or ‘Share choices with other WP users,’ etc. etc.
No. No, I don’t stop (Exit) WP. I open WinPatrolEx ( UI ). Open a few of its tabs and then close the UI, but WP is still active in my task bar. I don’t know why but this procedure stops Avast from scanning the files every 3 seg.
I am still testing, but little by little. I don’t want to reboot my old warhorse so many times in a row. It is very difficult to find parts or to get a new system now a days in my country with the political and economical situation :-X
I’m going to find it hard to part company with this XP Pro system about four/five years old. I changed it when MS were trying to stop OEMs from selling XP on new systems.
This is still quite fast and does everything that I want of it. My win7 netbook is a dog, even though I put 2GB RAM in to replace the 1GB and that helped, but without more RAM slots 2GB is the max. So that will probably be replaced long before my XP Pro system ;D
It may be Windows 10 on a replacement system, but I’m in no rush and I will be watching/reading all of the media reviewers.
The same here I really don’t see what others say about Win 8.1. Well I guess it just to get use to it. I could get 4 GB more of RAM in my desktop and find me a better CPU and GPU and install it but it is money I could spend where I really need it the most.
I really don’t see what others say about Win 8.1. Well I guess it just to get use to it. I could get 4 GB more of RAM in my desktop and find me a better CPU and GPU and install it but it is money I could spend where I really need it the most.