Memory Usage 1474

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Is it possible that the new version is causing my computer to use more memory when idle? It’s up to 50% which is about two times more than last I checked which was a few weeks ago. I’ve installed no other programs that run when my pc is idle.

Thanks

2

Did you schedule an on demand scanning?

3

No scan scheduled. I’ve been looking at things and I don’t think Avast! is causing the memory usage.

Thanks for responding.

4

???

Anyway, if you keep your monitor on and check with Process Explorer you can check the CPU usage and/or disk read/writes.
On Windows 8, the task manager will do the same job.

5

Thanks. I downloaded RamMap but it’s pretty much beyond me.

6

You could try using resmon to investigate this, it’s most likely already present on your PC. Without re-inventing the wheel and writing up a how to myself a quick Google search brought up a decent explanation of what resmon is, what it does, and what each tab means.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/investigate-memory-usage-with-windows-7-resource-monitor/3176

You can also customize your windows system configuration utility through your msconfig… again instead of re-inventing the wheel I Googled something you could reference. From there you can google more information yourself.

http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/index.html

Hope that helps,

HTK

7

Thanks.

Got vista not 7 and I know my way around msconfig but those are good links–easy to understand. I did a little looking around for RamMap so I’ve got somewhat of a handle on how the RAM is being used (active vs standby) and by what.

Thanks again for the responses.