I have a 1.3GB AMD processor and 512 mb RAM. I have been using Avast for more than 3 years. This situation with Avast has been going on for at least a year - and I'm just getting around to asking about a solution!
I formerly used Norton anti-virus but is is impossible to get their hooks out of the registry. Therefore, to get rid of all their crap (and the problems the lingering Norton stuff caused), I long ago formatted my hard drive. Nothing but Avast has been used since.
I know XP has certain advantages but I hate XP. However, I guess I'll be dragged kicking and screaming to XP one of these days....or to learning Linux.
By the way, I can't find any way to disable Quick Time startup at boot. Maybe I'll just uninstall it. I installed it only a short time ago and don't use it anyway.
Thanks.