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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: lbubb on September 01, 2013, 08:06:08 PM

Title: cpu usage
Post by: lbubb on September 01, 2013, 08:06:08 PM
seems to use alot of cpu and heats up my processor a bit , default setting and I'm using internet security...
Title: Re: cpu usage
Post by: Secondmineboy on September 01, 2013, 08:09:24 PM
My processor is around 2-12 % using Avast IS 2014 Beta 1 and Intel i7 Quad core, 6 GB RAM, Windows 8 64-Bit.
Title: Re: cpu usage
Post by: DavidR on September 01, 2013, 08:40:25 PM
seems to use alot of cpu and heats up my processor a bit , default setting and I'm using internet security...

Hard for anyone to comment when we have no idea of your system specifications (OS, RAM, CPU, etc.), what heats up your cpu a bit actually is or what you are actually doing at the time ?
Title: Re: cpu usage
Post by: lbubb on September 02, 2013, 09:10:48 AM
i5 2.50 Intel chip 6 megs ram 750 HG
Title: Re: cpu usage
Post by: DavidR on September 02, 2013, 01:25:31 PM
Well your system spec should be up the task. Though I suspect this is a laptop (?) given the intel i5 2.5GHz, which are more susceptible to heat issues. You could check the air intakes/exhausts and ensure they are clean/clear.

But as avast is an on-access scanner, whatever you are doing (which you don't mention) is going to have avast scan that activity. This is going to increase CPU activity and correspondingly heat if it is prolonged activity.

What Temps and CPU % activity (for avast services) are you seeing ?