Hello Avast, I just subscribed to the forum, as 2 of my Tickets hadn’t received an answer for more then a week now;
My problem in general is CPU usage;
Since a couple of days when I start my PC in noticed something weird, somehow my Network connection comes up as one of the last services, making programs wait during startup.
What I see is that AvastSvc is taking his time and using the CPU beyond 40 to 50 %.
I already had an issue with CPU usage which resulted in the fact that I lost 10% speed in my Internet connection, mainly when I get files from Usenet.
This takes even more time and CPU usage is beyond 50 or 60 %!
Generally I only retrieve graphic files, 99% being JPG/GIF files from A.B.humor groups.
I disabled scanning of these files, which is pretty safe, although I know it is possible to hide extra (file)info in a graphics file. (disabled GIF JPG and NB2 -being temp files in NewsBinPro- files)
This last action didn’t change the behaviour of AV, and my machine keeps being slow when I do a lot with files like the above mentioned example.
It probably also happens in a less disturbing fashion, ie working with big list filenames, doing stuff with Office(mail), but this is workable.
Ps; I also noticed (I saw this on your page) there was a new version, but I still had the old one, I had to manually get the latest although updates are done automaticly.
Mys spec’s:
I have XP SP3, latest updates, only Avast (8.0.1497) as protection, so no other firewalls and other safety measures on board.
Regards,
Leo Graper.