UPDATE - OK, I’ve updated to 1035 and the same thing is happening. Whenever I run
a quick scan it will hang up on some simple little file. The last time it got stuck on a simple 23kb Word document that was nothing more than a simple letter. I even tried running a scan in Windows Safe Mode to rule out any other processes interfering with Avast. Same thing, it gets stuck after a few minutes. It always seems to be one of three file types, .doc, .pdf, or .htm. I’ve let it sit there for 15 or 20 minutes and it never moves after getting stuck. When I eventually hit the stop button to end the scan, the AvastSvc.exe is using 99% of my CPU and I have to restart the computer. Otherwise the computer is running flawlessly. Any other program I try to run works fine. I’ve run scans with my other malware scanners and they all scan fine and come up clean. Avast itself seems to be running fine as long as I don’t try and scan. Not sure where to go from here. Any recommendations would be welcome.