I´m currently testing avast pro 7 (evaluation license) on my pc (win7 ultimate/ x64). Unfortunately i have encountered a problem with the on-access-guard.
I noticed that the real time guard permanently scans files and folders which were not opened or executed by myself. Even when i don´t work on my pc it scans all the time and doesn´t stop. So the result is a high cpu-usage and the hard-disk is busy, too.
It seems that there is a hidden background on-demand-scan working (or something like that). But i can´t find anything in the settings to turn this off.
Yes you´re right. I mean the file system shield, which scans permanently random files and folders even if i don´t do anything on my pc. I´ve currently no other security related software installed. It is a clean windows partition.
It is the latest version that i´ve got from the automatic update system yesterday. I´ve no exact numbers at the moment because i´m not at home
But i can tell you the current version later.
Thanks a lot for your help! I followed your instructions but unfortunately the problem still exists. The same goes for disabling the automatic rootkit-scan. Nothing´s changed
Hi!
1.) That´s the strange fact, because it occurs even if no program is running. No downloads, no streams, no open applications. After booting the real time shield scans permanently. When I look into the statistic section it shows various files and folders which are scanned. This doesn´t stop for hours.
2.) I guessed that enabling the automatic rootkit scan (while booting) could be problem, but it wasn´t.
