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Avast is slowing Skype?
« on: February 24, 2017, 12:35:28 AM »
Hello, I just found out that Avast is slowing down my Skype to the point that it just freezes. I now that Avast is causing this because when I deactivate Avast shields the problem disappears.
Anyone having the same problem or knows how to solve it?  :-\
I would appreciate some help :D
« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 06:32:19 AM by JuanQ24 »

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Re: Avast is slowing Skype?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2017, 04:02:14 AM »
I'm having the same issue as well, installed Avast today and noticed Skype is slow and freezes sometimes when I get new messages.


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Re: Avast is slowing Skype?
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2017, 09:58:15 AM »
Could you disable each shield individually and then report which shield is causing the issue?
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Re: Avast is slowing Skype?
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2017, 02:09:56 AM »
Hello! Never mind, I solved the problem putting Avast in Passive Mode. Anyways, thanks for the help  ;D

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Re: Avast is slowing Skype?
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2017, 08:45:05 PM »
Hello! Never mind, I solved the problem putting Avast in Passive Mode. Anyways, thanks for the help  ;D
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Re: Avast is slowing Skype?
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2017, 05:58:26 PM »
Seeing the same problem - it's TERRIBLE.
It's the File System Shield that's the culprit.
We need this fixed quick!

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Re: Avast is slowing Skype?
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2017, 06:03:10 PM »
FYI - I went into Customize for that shield and put Skype in the exceptions, and that works for now - but I don't like doing that.