Since installing the new version my PC becomes unresponsive for over 20 minutes after start-up. My PC usually takes 5 minutes or so to completely boot. I unchecked the rootkit boot scan but that didn’t solve anything.
If this is a problem that can’t be simply corrected can someone please link me to the most recent version before this one so I can reinstall.
Uninstall Avast in Control panel [If you don’t have Avast in control Panel go to #3]
Uninstall in safe mode using Avastclear. [Running Avastclear is normal mode will give a prompt to go into Safe Mode]
Check : Once uninstalled check in device manager>view>show hidden devices if there is anything related to avast with a yellow triangle… if so, uninstall it and reboot.
Install the version you downloaded.
Reboot.
Paid: If you have a paid license, insert the license key/activation code after the reboot at stage 6.
For sure a custom install is the way to go, I do that for virtually every program I install. That way you get an idea of what it wants to do and you can remove the features/functions that you don’t need/want.
I think customizing an install of any program is something most people don’t want to fool with understandably but it’s something they should look into here.