hm. how to begin …
k, windows 8.1, avast 19.something, 4gb ram
unfortunatelx i didn’t jot down when it began to spike [either avast.exe or avast service tool] either cpu or disk [mostly it was disk], which led to no more internet for as long as the spike [98/99%] lasted [no idea what it was doing as it was sometimes quite long]. browser said secure connection failed, server not found. dead. as soon as the spike was gone, everything worked again. [interestingly, it seems, those spikes grew with the time i did hibernate instead of shutdown]. in the end, it was almost each 3rd site i tried to open. the funny thing is, telegram for example worked still without a hitch, even downloading files with 200mb+, no disconnect, nothing. when the laptop was shut down und restarted avast behaved normal, until some time passed, rinse repeat.
i thought, ok, update might help, but the problem was … ui failed to load. funny thing, some days ago, when updating defintions it worked. well … be it.
i tried disabling overseer, emergency update was running up to that moment, but changed regarding the triggers to only one time a day, very late.
still no change in behaviour. maybe more spikes. together with system, like a kind of dance.
i read the other thread back from [i think it was] 2016 regarding high cpu, tried that with modyfying tools in add/remove progs. windows gifted me with wait until the process is finished, after the avast ui was gone [i thought it might return to tell finish]. waited some more, asked google, did restart.
fine, at least the spike was gone. except avast smiled and told me, nice to see you, but, yeh, ui … sorry … and either avast or windows gifted me with a disabled wlan-adapter.
i wasted half of the afternoon [including the time since i began the part with avast] with trying to make the wlan work again, asking google, asking support-bot of hp,. restarting modem and wot not. guess … exactly.
i could have gone the easy way with sys restore, but i was not sure regarding the listed date what i had been doing on that day, as i had that problem once before.
finally i decided to shut down, wait and restart the whole thing, it was mysteriously back [the wlan]. the ui still tells me with a smile, its nice to be here, but i don’t want to meet you, but hey, i updated your definitions somewhere between.
i also considered uninstall/reinstall, but the question is, where can i find the setup file that is the version before the last?
regards,
meh