avast service uses an enormous amount of memory

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi,

avast service is allocating a huge amount of (virtual) memory. I’m running the latest Windows XP with 3 Gigs of RAM. My computer runs 24/7 and is only rebooted once a week or so. Avast service allocates more and more memory over time rendering it useless after a few days because it eats of too much memory. the only way to free the memory is to forcefully kill the service or reboot the machine. Please see this screenshot:


http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5739/avastw.th.jpg

Any ideas?

Thad

PS: My avast version:


http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4156/avast2.th.jpg

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Hi Thad,

I think you are suffering the same as some others and may need to check out this thread:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=47965.0

Specifically this post:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=47965.msg411644#msg411644

-Scott-

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Thanks for pointing me to those other threads. I installed the beta version and so far everything seems fine. i hope it will stay that way. Thanks again for your help.

Thad

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No problem, glad to help :slight_smile:

It was actually the same thread, just wanted to make sure you read that post…the thread is a bit long… :wink:

Welcome to the forums

-Scott-

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Definitly a memory leak in ashwebSV.EXE

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If this were definitely a memory leak in ashWebSv.exe then surely everyone would be experiencing this issue and that clearly isn’t the case or the forums would be alight.

So it isn’t quite that simple but a combination of circumstances/system settings, etc.

However the current 4.8.1355 beta seems to have reduced the ashServ.exe use for those that it effects and have tried this beta build.

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If the Beta solves the problem, then the developers of Avast must know of the origin of the problem, when it happens, and why.

They could have said, and maybe those of us affected could change whatever it is that makes our system so “special”.
But they wont.
I wonder why.