Avast Taking Ages To Load....

[Spidertheminder]

I have free version 8.0.1483. I have over the past few days found  that the start-up time for my computer (running XP professional)  had increased all of a sudden from about 2.5 minutes to over 5 minutes. In taking  a look (using the Soluto program) I have discovered that Avast is now taking 159 seconds to load!

Can anyone explain why this would be? And is there a way of shortening the loading time?

Thanks

Stewart

[Asyn]

- OS..?? (32/64 Bit..? - which SP..?)
- Other security related software installed..??
- Which AV did you use before avast!..??