Avast 5 Web Shield Problem.

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello… I recently updated to the newest Avast Version 5.0.377 … I’ve noticed a small issue with the shields…

If i play music (Tried it on Foobar2000, Winamp) While I’m loading a site (Opera, Firefox) … as the web shield is working (The orange ball spins) … My music pauses for half a second… its enough for me to notice it and also It wasn’t doing this in past versions.

My computer:
WinXP Professional 5.1 SP3 (Build #2600), x86

2 x AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ @ 2.00 GHz

2GB Memory

Anyone had a similar problem like this?

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Hi Jalba,

I play music with Windows Media Player 11 and browsing with Firefox. My computer using Windows Vista SP2 with Intel Dual Core P8600 @ 2.4 GHz and 2GB memory.

I found no issue just as you mention. I don’t know with Foobar or Winamp since I don’t use them, but do you have the same issue using WMP?

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I have been listening to WMP 11 and surfing on Firefox the last two days with Avast 5 and have had no issues. I currently have Winamp v5.51 running and surfing the web and not experiencing any issues. Im on xp sp2 with a single core A64 and only a gig of RAM. I have the use special graphics effects unchecked in the basic settings menu. Maybe you could try that, though you will have to restart your computer.

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i recently had the same problem. i just reinstalled my xp and put the new avast in. i’ve been losing cpu when downloading large files at high speed.(as a note, i’m using free download manager) i shut down several of my programs before thinking avast was the problem but there it was. i shut avast down and my cpu was going fine when downloading at high speed. then i turned it back on and noticed that the webshield was not active and my comp was still running great(i could not reactivate it for some reason. i restarted my comp and i got back my shields but webshield still uses up my cpu when i download at high speed. i’ve tested it also by just stopping the webshield

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Check the expert settings under webshield. There are a couple that can slow down browsing with large files, especially the “Test whole files” under the “sensitivity” tab.

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my “test whole files” is unchecked, and i never touched the settings, i did look through the settings , nothing for allowing certain programs. at least that i could see.