It was never quick to boot up into Windows 7 64bit with the latest version 1456, taking around two minutes or so to be able to gain internet access. That is in comparison to the previous version of Avast which added almost no delay.
I’ve raised this subject before but the concensus seems to be that it is normal! - On the odd occasion it boots fairly quickly but these are few and far in between.
Anyways, I dont use P2P so decided to uninstall the shield and, in the process, remove the gadget. I also ticked not to use chrome as default browser (I choose not to install it anyway).
I takes even marginally longer to boot now??
What is going on?
In this day and age of fast booting and instant internet access why does an AV take so long?
hey any other security programs on your computer like a third party firewall?
how much ram you using on your computer?
have you checked the autostart folder to see how many programs you have that start with windows. you could uncheck that and only let avast be the only programs that start with windows. that should speed up the boot.
Comodo FW with Avast as trusted programme. No other active security programmes only on demand scanner which is not usually part of the running process. - 4gb Ram and selective start up with only 3 programmes including Avast and Comodo!
All previous versions of avast uninstalled before the current non-beta was added.
It’s defo Avast. It shows up under windows problems as program delaying start and like I said, it didnt happen with the previous release, at least not on my laptop.
Perhaps someone can start a poll on wheter the current version prolongs boot-up process or not.
Hey, ok thanks for the information. could be malware related as well. just to be on the safe side follow this guide and attach your logs a malware expert will help you from there. it might take a few hours before someone is on.
Have you defragmented and optimized your C: drive lately?
While having too many programs start at boot time can delay the boot, so can too may Windows Services starting at boot time. Some Windows Services when scheduled to “auto” start will take up a lot of CPU during the boot process and significantly slow down the boot process especially if the C: drive is highly fragmented and not optimized.
Thank you. My laptop has never (knowingly) been infected. I regularely update and use Malwarebytes to scan. Occasionally I also scan with Superantispyware. - Spywareblaster runs in the background, forgot to mention that, but makes no difference to boot time. - Comodo has been modified with Chiron’s settings to protect all files.
I am not anal about security (I’ve only joined this forum because of the boot delays) but am generally careful. Would be very surprised if I had an infection but I can run Essexboys scanners to make sure.
Defragmenting is okay but if you also did not optimize you have only gone part of the way. If you defrag a file an it winds up requiring your HDD read head to move further than if the file was optimized you will slow down your boot process.
The Services that you disabled might not be the ones that are heavy CPU users
Did you disable Windows Defender?
Do you turn your computer off at night. If you do than Windows will start up housekeeping chores when you boot that it would have done at night. That is one reason I never turn my computer off unless I am changing the hardware.
Also DWM.exe on W7 is a real CPU hog. So if your CPU tops out at something below 2 Mhz you will get a slow boot.
I would install a program like “System Explorer” Have it boot first and then open it when your desk top comes up. You will be amazed at what stuff is running and eating your CPU even after your programs load and even after disabling some Windows Services.
Thanks for the tips. Yes, I have disabled Defender.
However, I have just disabled Avast in start up/system configuration (after disabling the self defense module) and boot up took almost exactly the same time … without Avast running! - Apologies are on order
There is clearly something else hogging time and resources.
What do you mean by ‘optimizing’ as well as defragmentating and will ‘System Explorer’ show me what programmes/services take what amount of time during boot? - If not, is there software that can do that?
Nesivos, I’ve now used ‘system explorer’. A very useful app indeed! I’ve pinpointed a couple of processes running in the background which I wasn’t aware of and which have now been stopped. I would recommend this program.
Unfortunately it hasn’t solved the issue but I’ll get there with process by elimination eventually.
Another thing I have noticed though is that my script shield is not working (it is running but not scanning anything) … Behaviour shield is on and working. IE9, Windows 7 64bit, Avast 1456.
I have longlast found out what caused the slow boot. - It was a driver update for my Atheros wifi adapter which I did around the same time as I upgraded to the latest non-beta Avast. - Rolling back solved the problem and start-up is under a minute again.
Unfortunately, it is easy to come to wrong conclusions with something as complex as an operating system.
regards
PS. Script shield still not recording any activity though.
