Wanting to stick with Avast Free as I have for many years but this issue is getting a bit much I know XP is old and outdated but that is the same song over and over again even for Windows 10 though I wonder if it will last as long?
My XP carries a massive amount of data which will not run on anything else, I know security is an issue but maybe like an old Win3.11 system I was running (No protection for it of course) it picked up a win32 trojan virus, that made me laugh to think this was "trapped" in a 16bit environment!! Yes I did delete it so I was not a carrier.
Each time at boot up after various items have loaded (taskmanager performance looking nice like a mountain range) bang it hits the 100% which is some fight between a System schost and AvastUI at about 50% each at which time I have a dud lump of technology.
All I can do after some trial and error is to Stop the System process this gives 100% (of what??) to Avast this just means the "lockout" is over quicker.
What crime have I done to be rewarded with this, is it as simple as buying a copy which might give me an "Off Switch" to solve this?
I have sent things in but I still do not know how to get a service ticket just get routed back here, I know it must be a problem, when I was working companies I dealt with would "move" (change their number) to get some peace for a while. I see reports of other antivirus with their slower times than Avast's listing :'(and it makes me envious.
I am aware of Global "computery" things going on at the moment at all levels but if anyone can help me with some practical advice please do.
David