Heres the situation - this is being posted from my phone because my PC is out of commission until this gets resolved.
I started a full system scan last night around 8. At around 11, everything on my PC ground to a halt. Webpages won't open, programs are sluggish and slow. I've seen scans slow my PC down before, but never like this. I looked at the scan- it's at 20%. I figured I'd let it run overnight. Come back, it's now almost 10 AM and it's at 26% and has been stuck on the same file for as long as I've been watching it. I attempted to pause or stop- no response.
I had to manually reboot my PC and enter safe mode. Load up Avast, and guess what! Still at 26% on the same file. Manually ended process and rebooted it- still at 26%. I can minimize the program, so I know it isn't frozen. But it will not stop, pause, or abort- and has literally crippled my PC. This needs to stop, immediately. I work from my computer and absolutely can not have this going on.
thanks in advance for any help.