I'm running a scan now, but there doesn't seem to be much improvement. Thanks so much for that info. Not sure if some of my other downloads 'Comodo', Spybot' or 'spybot' are making it crawl painfully slow. Am unsure how to proceed now. Nighttime is when most people are not using the computer and nothing will interrupt the scan. I was actually crying by now.
Hi, Johnw, I've uploaded the logs to imgur. I will let you know if it improves between now and december when my subscription ends. I am planning on trying Kaspersky as bank offer it free and hope this may run faster and better than Avast. This is why the scan needs so long. Hi you could try tweaking some settings and see if that makes a difference. Can you tell me the path where the scan takes long? The scan usually takes several minutes, but the duration varies depending on the speed of your system and the number of files to be scanned.
Infact i use a license which keeps my antivirus registered upto 9k days Thread starter Similar threads Forum Replies Date 5 Sep 7, 2018 4 Nov 15, 2017 7 Jul 16, 2017 3 Mar 1, 2017 1 Aug 2, 2016 2 Jun 12, 2015 3 Sep 8, 2014 6 Sep 4, 2014 1 Jun 22, 2014 3 Apr 22, 2014 9 Apr 1, 2014 1 Feb 21, 2014 6 Oct 2, 2013 3 Sep 5, 2013 6 Jul 18, 2013 2 Jul 9, 2013 5 Jun 27, 2012 5 May 30, 2012 6 Nov 5, 2011 7 Jul 7, 2008. No excuses, get it done. So it's not clear why Windows Defender takes so long. Was last month's issue really resolved? One major area is when this happened and what changed about that time, e. Did I just create a new word? What does Avast say about this extended scanning time? What do their other users says in their forums? While my tips might not cut the time down by half, it will help take a proportional amount of time off.
After I did the scan, it didn't save the results to the desktop. Something must be wrong either with the program or my computer. When a programm tries to access or unpack such a archive it is still scanned by the guard on access scanner and you are protected if it contains a virus. I assume you left the computer on overnight, but was it doing anything else at the time? Thinking I had a virus, I downloaded the free version of Avast. I am using Avira Pro and have yet to complete a scan in less than 24 hours. I looked online and downloaded Adwcleaner, which took care of my problem for a night. Only thing that I really don't lke on it is the registry cleaner.
Nobody will admit it but there is something wrong. For our users who do prefer to continue using a traditional antivirus alongside Malwarebytes, by all means please continue to do so. Now, after I formatted, etc. Adblock Plus for Firefox Features A web page for whatever browser you did the Adblock Plus install will open after the install. Avast gets to the same % through and freezes, while Malware Bytes stops at the exact time each time I try it. Hello All, I wonder if the experts here might be able to help. I have a Toshiba laptop, very old, but worked fine.
Yes you should use the persistent cache, but it is important to also Store data in the persistent cache, as that is how it gets populated to help speed scans. It's the add on, right? All the suggestions everyone has made do not work, and if they would have actually thought about the suggestions they would realize that those changes should not need to be made if the software was designed properly. Is anyone else having difficulties with Avast? It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin. If Avira cannot handle this then there is a major problem Kent, I'm not an Avira tech so I don't know if they will allow this post. Think mine is up for renewal in a few weeks so can anyone recommend a good alternative? And then i update the virus definitions. Hi - About a month and a half ago Avast began causing problems with browsing known issue - supposedly rectified. Lastly you could try Pondus's suggestion to use the avast screensaver scan to do a rolling scan.
If I don't get back within a few minutes of you posting a reply, it's 'cuz I had to go do some stuff, like it's almost time to prepare dinner here. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. I have never seen a program this slow!! Then you can compare for yourself. Generally a full system scan takes about an hour. I took it into safe mode and tried what I could. He is so electronically in tune. I have paid for a product and it appears to be unable to cope and it is clear that I am not alone.
I don't know if this is linked, but on both ebay and yahoo I get a non responsive script message if the page is left idle for a while. Process of elimination, which is what you are doing. Have now tried Super Anti Spyware which did complete. For those who do not mind a paid for product, I generally recommend or as they leave a small footprint. What I have done so far, is prep your comp prior to trying to find why your Avast is slow. Rather than hijacking the normal operation of the program, a bomb allows the program to work as intended, but the archive is carefully crafted so that unpacking it e. These kind of files often trigger alerts by security software using because they are resistant to scanning difficult to read.
The command screen came up, but it was blank? Anyway, the point is I have no issues before when I run 2 scans at the same time till now. I'm confused as to why it did not complete before. I don't know if it will help, as it refers to an older version of Avast. I bought the 3 years version recently. Lol So please could you help me, how can i scan faster my pc? However, when I went to run a full thorough scan, it wouldn't start up it'd be stuck at 0% and never progress. Hi, yes the scan can take a long time if you have an old Windows Directory due to an upgrade, unclean reinstallation,.