How do I configure Avast free 6 and Comodo Firewall 5.8 (i don’t use denfense+). please help! Because when i use them, the avastsvc.exe is always take 40M memory usage!
any help please? If anyone installed comodo firewall 5.8( firewall only) and avast 6 please help
If you open Comodo control panel / Firewall tab / Network Security Policy… Then where the entry C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastSvc.exe … is right click on the entry and select “Edit”, then select “Use a Pre Defined Policy” then use the drop down box and select “Trusted Application” then “Apply” before you exit
the avastsvc.exe is always take 40M memory usage!It's currently using 5.3 MB on my WIN 7 SP1 installation. Are you sure it's using 4 MB and not 40 MB?
Please post a screen shot of Task Manager that shows avastsvc.exe details.
http://ng2.upanh.com/b1.s13.d4/a3f6a2680348080080cbf398b429bef2_38770542.task1.png
This is the picture of the task manager
Close firefox and any other tool using any type of connection. Then wait a few seconds to see if avastsvc.exe’s memory usage goes down.
after closing everything and wait for about 15 minutes, it goes down to 8MB
what do you mean with “everything”? Is “tuneup” closed? Do you have some torrent tool (or any P2P)? Any other “automatic” defrag or any other system tool schedule or running on the back?
Would you be interested on “cleaning up” your current installation of avast (using the specific removal utility and manual deletion of any possible remnant) so to start up clean?
Are you 100% sure that any other old security tool that you ever used has not left any other remnants?
Besides the security tools you used in the past (which should be “cleaned up” using the respective removal utilities after their uninstallation), which other security tools you have now?
I don’t schedule anything. Tuneup is not closed, i just closed all windows. I used Kaspersky before but i removed it by kavremover. Now i combine avast with comodo firewall (no defense+), and no more. Pleased to take your advice
P/S: Thanks very much for your help
I just would like to add that 8MB is not that much. I mean, it could vary starting from about 1.5MB too and up, so even a clean up and re-installation of avast could leave you with avastsvc.exe using 8MB again.
[b]I have avast internet security latest version which create problem with my Mozilla firefox version 3.6.13. My Firefox is not open by avast sandbox. Mozilla firefox show msg that…" cound not initialize the application’s security compoent. The most likely cause is problems with files in your applicatin’s profile directory…etc…"
How can i repair my problems? Is avast sandbox is not support firefox version 3.6… pls know me…about that… [/b]
but it’s just 8 MB when I close all windows. When i open firefox or any application, it is 40MB again. When i startup window, it’s 30MB. If the computer is idle for about 15 mins, it will be 8MB again
Was it using this much memory before you installed the Comodo firewall?
I’m not sure what’s the problem here…??
avast! will use more memory, if you run e.g. Firefox.
That’s normal.
Since avastsvc.exe is scanning what you have in traffic, the more you use other processes, the more memory avast will use.
Some users tend to think that avast is using their bandwidth, when in fact avast is simply scanning the same bandwidth being used by other software.
So I would say that whatever memory avastsvc.exe seems to be using, in most cases the important thing is how much memory is free to be used by other processes.
Strange it is using so much, I’m currently using Avast, Comodo and Firefox, and Avast is only using 7mb.
Don’t see why this is strange, as you haven’t the same system. 
And even if you would, you (most probably) don’t run the same programs…!!
Thanks for your help but do you think 40MB is so much?
Mine starts around 7MB and goes to 15MB depending on what web pages I browse to. I am using IE8.
Do you normally have multiple web pages open at one time? That would certainly increase Avastsvc.exe size.
My original suggestion is still valid: clean up. If you shut down completely your system, and restart it again (from power off status), do you have other startup programs? (Of course you have at least some, like tune up for example.)
My point is that you might have “too many” processes doing “too many” things in the background. Although 40MB seems a little bit higher than usual, it depends on what exactly is going on in your particular system. So, it is a bit higher than usual, but yet plausible.
Just to give you an hypothetical example, if Tune Up is working in the background, then avast may be watching whatever is happening there too.
So, go back and read the previous suggestions, and decide by yourself it this is worth (you could use the free memory available as a measurement, instead of the used one).
If you have any particular question about the suggested procedures, just ask.