Just noticing, I don’t remember seeing this service consuming this kind of Memory.
Avast Antivirus Engine Server: 395mb when idle.
Are others seeing the same ???
Thanks for you input Asyn
Seems I might have an issue as the Screenshot below shows around 800mb RAM consumed by the 2 Avast services (Avast Service and Engine Server) and 1 GB of RAM when a Browser is open! :o
This should probably be looked at.
I thought there was excessive RAM use now for a couple of weeks. :-\
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I’ve been running the beta for a couple of years now on the “Beta Channel” and always update via the UI auto update. Have not tried a Clean Install as yet.
Will do a clean install later today and report back
A clean install has resolved the issue.
Someway my beta installation got corrupted. An update through the beta channel (the only way I update my beta installations).
Much less/Normal RAM used now between Avast Service and Engine Server! Around 180mb.
Hi schmidthouse and thank you for your report. If it is resolved in AV-22408 (I guess somebody confirmed it to you already) then it is ok. If not and if you encounter such problem again, it would be good to get logs and probably dump of the Avast processes/services consuming such ammount of memory for further analysis.
Logs can be found here:
c:\ProgramData\Avast Software\Avast\log\
Dump can be tricky, but dump of a service can be done via:
disabling self defense of the AV in the advanced settings (troubleshooting area)
executing the following command from command prompt (admin rights required): sc control “avast! Antivirus” 254
I only update my beta installation via beta channel so that’s why I found it unusual (as this is a new development for my installation) that so much RAM would be suddenly consumed consistently.
If for some reason it does develop again I will collect logs/data and forward to you.
My version of Premium is 20.3.2403 (Build 20.3.5164.561) UI 1.0.507