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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Norm20 on May 23, 2021, 04:40:04 AM

Title: Force Kill Scan In Progress
Post by: Norm20 on May 23, 2021, 04:40:04 AM

How do I kill a scan or any other Avast task in progress?

There are times I need to immediately reclaim CPU cycles. Avast takes a big bite out of CPU performance when it is actively running a scan.

Title: Re: Force Kill Scan In Progress
Post by: Asyn on May 24, 2021, 01:21:01 PM

Hi, I'd suggest to schedule your scan to more appropriate times. ;)

Title: Re: Force Kill Scan In Progress
Post by: Norm20 on June 07, 2021, 06:26:02 AM

That didn't seem to help with killing the process. Thanks anyway.  :)

I'd like to especially be able to kill the start up scan or defer it until the next time I have to restart. I reinstalled with the bare minimum and excluded as much as possible. I regained control of my system after that. All I want out of Avast is the scan. I don't need all the other features. I only use it for scan on demand. It would be nice if there was a light version. I dumped Symantec because it became a bloated resource hog. Avast appears to be heading up the same road if it's not already there.

Title: Re: Force Kill Scan In Progress
Post by: Asyn on June 07, 2021, 08:52:53 AM

Quote from: Norm20 on June 07, 2021, 06:26:02 AM

All I want out of Avast is the scan. I don't need all the other features. I only use it for scan on demand.

-> https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/43/

Title: Re: Force Kill Scan In Progress
Post by: Norm20 on June 07, 2021, 12:46:18 PM

Thanks. I enabled "Passive mode" and disabled "Enable Defense" That appears to do what I want. It also seems to have fixed a problem I had with a game loading excruciatingly slow and running in slow motion after it crashed last night.

Title: Re: Force Kill Scan In Progress
Post by: Asyn on June 07, 2021, 07:17:18 PM

You're welcome.