Here as well, seeing one core pegged at near 100%. And yes, I've run the repair on avg as well. This programma needs to be updated with the februari 2009 version. I also tried doing a system restore without success. By the way Leo, I truly truly miss the North West!! I have just recently had a problem with my xp desktop.
Many thanks Leo for this golden tip! The views of moderators here do not reflect the views of Avast Software. Though it doesn't happen consistently, but often enough, guessing like 50% of the times screen saver goes on. Can I try the Process Explorer suggestion too, please? How is Browser Protection different from Web shield? Why the hell is avgui. Amazingly, that actually fixed the problem! If infections are found during the scan, the number of infections will be highlighted in red. The only way we have been able to fix the computers is by logging in locally and then once the profile is loaded, restart the computer.
Then, you may receive an error message in the svchost. This is a wonderful tool that will allow you to isolate which service is responsible for the 100% cpu usage. I run that exact configuration, and have for years, and it has never failed me. We have tried everything mentioned in the previous comments and then some, to no avail. Do you know what happend and how can i repair it?? I now have to rely solely on the background scanner for day-to-day protection to hopefully catch anything if we open a suspect file. Was the 1st thing I did since it's always the 1st recommendation.
I even talked to the fine folks at Microsoft, but they were not any help at the top of the year. After many frustrating days recently fighting this problem including letting the laptop sit thre for 20-30 minutes waiting for the svchost to get done whatver it was doing. This might not make any sense but the only changes I did was to shut Mcafee down for a day and I changed the time of when the Windows automatic update would run. I have a taskbar toolbar like quick launch that shows the folder contents as usual, like quick launch on the toolbar. I think it is because as mentioned in previous comments auto updates is scanning the logging info for its internal use and takes a lot of time especially when the log is big due to a lot of pervious auto updates and also the scanning algorithm might have just been changed after recent update ignorant to this fact.
It remains an important part of keeping your system safe and up to date. The tech finally relented and sent the requested email only after getting permission from his mgr. To do so, double click Windows Defender Scheduled Scan, select the Triggers tab and click New. I even repair and then format my windows partition with my cd of windows but neither of them work. Next click on that process to highlight it, Now that it's highlighted, right click and from the options listed select: Search Online This should display what out there on the web about that process.
If you are suffering from this problem, you can download Process Explorer on another computer and run it on the problematic machine without installing it. I then submitted a support ticker to Avast which as usual, took almost 2 weeks to be answered. I did net stop wuauserv the cpu bacame 0 % busy, a few minutes later it bacame again 100% busy and again wuauserv was binded to svchost taking 100% cpu. I do not recommend using Software Updater, as far as I remember, end-user has no control over what is updated and what is not updated. There are rumors that Microsoft actually has a fix, but that you need to call up and ask for it rather than getting it through normal channels.
Hi, I had that problem too on a Windows 7 Home Premium, latest version of avast: 8. Doing a whois, this does not appear to be a microsoft server. When checking the Program Manager it shows avgcsrvx. Then i formatted it then it was ok. This will clear your scheduled scans. Double click it and set its value data to 1. But then another app would, after a few minutes, move in and take the place of those two.
I tried restarting it with Process Explorer, but it will not allow it, and I don't. Please be patient as this can take some time. On average, each of those programs are using approximately 50k to 60k of memory. I thought it was my internet provider…a virus…my computer…etc. Recently, we released a hot fix, which addresses this issue. If you wait long enough, the system will run normally eventually, after he has checked for updates.
I have some new information. Memory used to load the program is not memory used while actively scanning or checking for updates. Task Manager shows it is Avast. If you have it open in Process Explorer, as shown above, with Automatic Updates selected in the list, then just click the Stop button. I flash back my previous usage of the laptop and remember that I used the windows optional update to update some driver. My advice is to stay as far away as you possibly can from Registry Cleaners, Boosters, Optimizers, TuneUp Utilities. I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read.
This is becoming wat too much of a pain. Add me to the list of frustrated and disillusioned Windows users. I've previously tried Norton but that was a big no no, crashed my system all the time. If this is the case, the only practical solution is to wipe the slate clean and start over from scratch. I would love to get this fixed soon because I'm going to start needing to use it for work. After awhile my computer would overheat from running at 100% and shut down.