How do I kill a scan or any other Avast task in progress?
There are times I need to immediately reclaim CPU cycles. Avast takes a big bite out of CPU performance when it is actively running a scan.
Hi, I’d suggest to schedule your scan to more appropriate times. 
That didn’t seem to help with killing the process. Thanks anyway. 
I’d like to especially be able to kill the start up scan or defer it until the next time I have to restart. I reinstalled with the bare minimum and excluded as much as possible. I regained control of my system after that. All I want out of Avast is the scan. I don’t need all the other features. I only use it for scan on demand. It would be nice if there was a light version. I dumped Symantec because it became a bloated resource hog. Avast appears to be heading up the same road if it’s not already there.
Thanks. I enabled “Passive mode” and disabled “Enable Defense” That appears to do what I want. It also seems to have fixed a problem I had with a game loading excruciatingly slow and running in slow motion after it crashed last night.
You’re welcome.