Updated Avast and now my download speed is reduced.

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi,

I updated the Avast program today and I’ve noticed that when I download using my download manager (Internet Download Manager) the speed as dropped by over half.

I disabled Avast and tried to download something again and my speeds increased again.

I have IDM program file already in the exclusion list.

I noticed when I did the update, avast didn’t say it was completed after the reboot. Is this normal behaviour now or should it have done that?

Thanks.

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See: https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB203#artTitle

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Thanks Asyn,

That seems to have solved the problem.

This computer is quite old now so I can see how it might struggle to keep up with all the extra (now standard) scanning techniques.

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You’re welcome.