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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Pondweed on September 05, 2020, 10:33:39 AM

Title: Avast using 90% of my CPU rendering my Computer useless!
Post by: Pondweed on September 05, 2020, 10:33:39 AM

Over the past few days my computer ground to a virtual halt. Pull up Task Manager and see Avast Services  using 90%+ of my CPU. Why?  And why is there no fix? The Antivirus is now itself a piece of malware! Anyone know of a fix? I could quit Avast but have Avast Premium so paying for this abuse

Title: Re: Avast using 90% of my CPU rendering my Computer useless!
Post by: Asyn on September 05, 2020, 10:34:25 AM

1. Download Avast Premium Security: https://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_premium_security_setup_offline.exe
2. Follow instructions: https://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility (Run this tool for all prior installed Avast versions..!!)
3. Reinstall Avast with the downloaded installer from point 1.
4. Reboot.