When I installed 6.0.1091 on my other laptop with 512mb, Win XP Pro, Intel Pent 3, 698mhz, My internet speed goes from my 18.0 to 8 to 9.0 When I disabled the ‘Web Shield’ my speed went up to 18.0
What could be the problem.
Can I use Avast with ‘Web Shield’ off?
Thanks in advance.
first thing you have not mentioned avast version in your signature.
2nd-----> It is not advisable to turn off web shield as it eliminates all web threats before your browser even sees them. So its a very important part
Important question to ask is how are you coming to this conclusion of your original bandwidth speed and the subsequent decrease?
I went to a speedtest site. When I have ‘Web Shield’ enabled, my internet speed gets cut in half. I have done multiple tests. When I disable ‘Web Shield’ my speed goes back to normal.
Ok, thats been talked about here before, and was stated that Avast! is more likely fudging the accuracy of the speed test itself than slowing down your bandwidth. Recommendation for a more accurate result was downloading a large (and safe) file with WebShield on, then try the same DL with WebShield off.
Yeah sometimes, the speed goes down. If u have any other secondary antimalware utility running in background… Check if u r running only avast…
What I did was I kept ‘Web Shield’ On, but I unchecked ‘Scan web (HTTP)traffic’ from the ‘Web Shield’ and now my speed is back to around 18.0 Will that still protect me from the web?
Try not to make that a first recommendation, that should be a last resort only.
No, you more or less turned it off by doing this. Try what I told you…or don’t, I guess :
;D
I agree.
Download e.g. the AIS installer file from my signature (click on the blue AIS) and take the time the download took.
Turn of WebShield and do the same again.
Any significant time-difference?
weird on your connection, but normal on connections above 50Mb/s, the issue is known. I got it here. Workaround is to use an external download manager that doesn’t get the web shield in its way 
At this moment, I don’t have a large file to download. I also notice it on my web pages, they load slower when ‘Web Shield’ is on. So, then why does it still say the ‘Web Shield’ is running even though I unchecked ‘Scan web (HTTP) traffic’
What is a external download manager?
@RB123 read my post above : >>> I’m adding, “normal” browsing cannot be affected obviously, as that doesn’t require high bandwidth.
On a side note, I’m still getting 25/30Mb/s with the webshield on while using an integrated download manager, while I get twice as that and above with no web shield, and again, like I said already, use an external download manager >>> the web shield won’t interfere with it.
example: Free Download Manager http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
Yeah, I’m roughly around his advertised speed at 14 Mb, and I lose nowhere near half my bandwidth. ~1 or 2 Mbs is my noticeable impact on a large download.
With ‘Web Shield’ on, it was about 56sec
With ‘Web Shield’ off, it was about 1min 40sec
But my web pages still load slower with ‘Web Shield’ on
Ehhh, a little better than the speed test result in terms of loss but still a decent chunk. What kind of page load time differences? Changed any WebShield settings? How long have you had the problem, like would it coincide with any recent updates?
doesn’t affect video streaming either, as first, the frames are either downloaded as you see them, either cached progressively. And second, the web shield doesn’t scan videos (by default) anyway so…
Yeah, changed any settings at all?
With ‘Web Shield’ on, it was about 56sec
With ‘Web Shield’ off, it was about 1min 40sec
I had this problem when Avast started with 6.0 actually. No problem with recent updates. After I tried Avast 6.0 and had this problem, I tried Panda Cloud on this laptop with this problem and I didn’t have any problems with my speed. But, I like Avast better.