Purchased Avast Premiere and now Computer runs slower.

As the subject reads, I recently purchased Avast Premiere, but now my computer is running into performance issues. Both my web browsers, search speed, loading speed for videos, etc are all slowed down and my online games I play will begin to jump in and out of huge lag spikes varying from 500 m/s to over 2000 m/s. To me this means one of three things.

  1. Avast’s processes are slowing down my internet speed.
  2. I have viruses on my computer Avast is not protecting me from (even with the firewall I also bought)
  3. My computer has other performance issues that Avast is not helping with.

Please give me some advice on why this is happening, and correlated specifically with my purchase of Avast.

Did you do the standard install where avast basically installs all of its bloat sub-components, or did you do
the custom install where you tailor the install, and get to install only the bits YOU want ?

If it’s the former, I suggest you give it a re-think

Control Panel > Program and Features > Select Avast > Select Modify > Uncheck Cleanup:

http://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1458955419770-64063.png

Reboot the system after the process is complete.

@Scott190,

@bob1360 has given GREAT advice with good pic summary…follow it…should solve.
Note, “Secure Virtual Machines” unchecked too.

I’ve done this, but the problem is persisting