After these kind comment, I had a look in avast! "log viewer" and found this large report: "Error Report".
25/02/05 21:52:55 The User 4294918219 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
25/02/05 21:53:15 The User 4294918219 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
26/02/05 09:03:03 The User 4294919139 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
26/02/05 09:03:26 The User 4294919139 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
Deleted all between 26/02/05 and 13/03/05 as they are repetitious
13/03/05 15:44:02 The User 4294925423 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
13/03/05 15:44:23 The User 4294925423 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
13/03/05 18:10:46 The User 4294943467 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
13/03/05 18:11:03 The User 4294943467 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
14/03/05 09:31:15 The User 4294957421 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
14/03/05 09:31:34 The User 4294957421 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
14/03/05 10:08:33 The User 4294210165 Error in aswChestC: chestOpenList Error 1722.
14/03/05 10:08:33 The User 4294210165 aswChestInterface - Program error description: CChestListView::LoadFiles() chestOpenList() failed: 1722.
14/03/05 10:09:02 The User 4294210165 aswChestInterface - Program error description: CChestListView::OnCreate() !m_strErrorWnd.IsEmpty().
14/03/05 10:15:18 The User 4293960121 Error in aswChestC: chestOpenList Error 1722.
14/03/05 10:15:18 The User 4293960121 aswChestInterface - Program error description: CChestListView::LoadFiles() chestOpenList() failed: 1722.
14/03/05 11:27:50 The User 4293960121 aswChestInterface - Program error description: CChestListView::OnCreate() !m_strErrorWnd.IsEmpty().
14/03/05 13:23:04 The User 4294949171 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
14/03/05 13:23:24 The User 4294949171 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
15/03/05 06:45:39 The User 4294925331 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
15/03/05 06:46:00 The User 4294925331 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
15/03/05 08:08:28 The User 4294918151 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
15/03/05 08:08:47 The User 4294918151 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
15/03/05 09:55:10 The User 4294957089 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
15/03/05 09:55:31 The User 4294957089 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
15/03/05 14:00:41 The User 4294918449 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
15/03/05 14:00:59 The User 4294918449 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
15/03/05 22:34:11 The User 4294926303 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
15/03/05 22:34:31 The User 4294926303 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
16/03/05 13:50:45 The User 4294949759 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
16/03/05 13:51:05 The User 4294949759 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
16/03/05 15:29:41 The User 4294948493 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
16/03/05 15:29:59 The User 4294948493 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
16/03/05 20:09:02 The User 4294924717 AAVM - initialization error: Aavm/RPC: RpcEpRegister failed (30 retries), 0000076B.
16/03/05 20:09:20 The User 4294924717 Error in aswChestS: chestStart Error 1899.
Then in the "warning Log" - this:
26/02/05 09:04:55 The User 4294919139 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
26/02/05 09:04:56 The User 4294919139 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
26/02/05 18:29:04 The User 4294919511 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
26/02/05 18:29:06 The User 4294919511 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
26/02/05 22:08:58 The User 4294919581 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
26/02/05 22:08:59 The User 4294919581 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
26/02/05 23:37:47 The User 4294919587 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
26/02/05 23:37:49 The User 4294919587 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
28/02/05 09:05:52 The User 4294920003 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
28/02/05 09:05:53 The User 4294920003 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
28/02/05 09:34:36 The User 4294918947 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
28/02/05 09:34:37 The User 4294918947 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
28/02/05 13:41:02 The User 4294956073 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
28/02/05 13:41:03 The User 4294956073 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
28/02/05 14:30:11 The User 4294919023 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
28/02/05 14:30:12 The User 4294919023 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
28/02/05 15:04:10 The User 4294919023 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
28/02/05 15:04:12 The User 4294919023 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
05/03/05 12:02:57 The User 4294950015 AAVM - scanning warning: x_AavmCheckFileDirectEx: C:\WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\PROFILES\HVGRTLJY.DEFAULT\BOOKMARKS-1.HTML (C:\WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\PROFILES\HVGRTLJY.DEFAULT\BOOKMARKS-1.HTML) returning error, 00000002.
09/03/05 12:13:11 The User 4294957349 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
09/03/05 12:13:12 The User 4294957349 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
10/03/05 11:04:12 The User 4294925979 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
10/03/05 11:04:13 The User 4294925979 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
10/03/05 17:06:16 The User 4294925979 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
10/03/05 17:06:17 The User 4294925979 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
13/03/05 15:24:27 The User 4294925441 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
13/03/05 15:24:29 The User 4294925441 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
14/03/05 10:26:47 The User 4294085429 Sign of "Win32:Kuang2" has been found in "c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ActiveScan\imscan.dll" file.
14/03/05 11:00:49 The User 4294085429 Sign of "JS:ClassLoader-7" has been found in "c:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\jar\classload.jar-6f8bc9e5-5326fdc2.zip" file.
16/03/05 02:44:07 The User 4294926303 Function setifaceUpdatePackages() has failed. Return code is 0x20000004, dwRes is 20000004.
16/03/05 02:44:09 The User 4294926303 An error has occured while attempting to update. Please check the logs.
Can you tell me what these errors are about and what to do to remedy them if necessary. Is this what is slowing down my scans???
Thanks for your help.
Julian[/size]