This is disappointing

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Speed tests comparing my connection speeds with AVAST both enabled and disabled.
Repeated each test five times… not a glitch.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/markel_m45/no_AVAST_zpsof22wpuk.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/markel_m45/with_AVAST_zpsavju872a.jpg

Sadly, it’s time for me to find a different anti-virus program.

2

I’m curious, what OS and Avast version number are you using?

3

Is this test using java ?

The way to test it is to download a big file like winxp sp3 and time it, then disable your AV and do it again

4

XP Pro SP3 and AVAST Version 10.3.2225

No Java installed. Speed test here:
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
Large files were clearly downloading much slower, which prompted the test.

5

Please try this site here :

http://www.speedtest.net/

6

I don’t have any issue with my broadband as my download is pretty quick at 19.00 Mb/s during the day.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/4581097487.png

7

Hi markel_m45,

we are working on a fix.

8

Strange - I have just got my best results - I suspect that my ISP have upped the fibre download speed, the the upload speed is the same (that would need a modem/router upgrade).

Previously I used to get on average 37Mbps download and the same 1.6-1.73 upload.