This problem mentioned is on a Dell computer, 2.8 Pentium with Windows XP-Pro, Outpost Firewall on dialup. No prior problems.

When opening Internet Explorer home page it’s extremely slow, up to 5 minutes. Then every following page transition is brutally slow. Also just as slow when opening IE from a link.

Viruse definitions are 110901-1, version is 6.0.1203. Tried a manual update but got message ‘Already up to date’.

At first my internet connection icon, ISP tray icon, lights up as usual, and Avast icon spins, as usual. Then Avast stops spinning, ISP connection icon goes dark and nothing happening. ISP icon will flicker on, off, on from time to time, but Avast icon remains motionless, not responding to that traffic internet.

After 2-5 minutes, ISP icon lights up, Avast icon begins spinning normally and page finally completes loading. Some sites will not load at all, seems to stall out or time out, and tray says ‘Done’ even though it hasn’t loaded.

I believe the problem started yesterday morning after the Avast update of definitions, but subsequent updates and Avast ‘Repair’ update did not help. According to Avast control panel, all is well. It isn’t! There’s considerable traffic over connection while Avast activity icon isn’t spinning to show it’s effectively monitoring that traffic.