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Title: Avast! Free Hanging on MSMPENG during first Initial Full System Scan
Post by: REDACTED on July 06, 2014, 10:44:07 PM

Newly installed Avast! Free.  Ran full scan and it has been an hour and counting on my Windows XP system and Avast! hasn't gotten past C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpEng.exe.  Infected? Normal?  Thanks for your thoughts.

CPU time is being taken by AvastUI and Unsecapp, so SOMETHING seems to be happening, but I don't know what.  Perhaps the scanned file list isn't being updated and it is running normally in the background?

Tags:Frozen, hung, hangs, frozen, stopped

Title: Re: Avast! Free Hanging on MSMPENG during first Initial Full System Scan
Post by: Pondus on July 06, 2014, 11:02:51 PM

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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpEng.exe.   

Well you have MSE or windows defender installed

https://blog.avast.com/2014/05/09/when-software-collides-what-to-do-with-your-old-antivirus-program/
http://blog.kaspersky.com/multiple-antivirus-programs-bad-idea/

How to remove   http://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB11#artTitle