Ouch, two days ago version 19.8 (free) was installed on my PC. Win 7, 8gRam, 4 CPU. Train Wreck. PC now takes 15 minutes to boot or return from sleep. Before 19.8, that took around 45-60sec. Avastsvc.exe uses 100% of 4xCPU or 15 min. Can't really do anything else until 19.8 is done thinking. After that 15 min, open a browser take 3 min, again Avastsvc using 100% CPU. Oh did I mention, program now takes up 1.8 Gb Ram. Almost 25% of my ram.
Help, what can I do to get this train back on the tracks. I'm assuming it is constantly scanning stuff, but there is no specific indication of that. I've used Avast for 15+ years, and haven't had this level of problems before. Any advice??
By the way, the Verification letters are unreadable.
thanks
Mark Jenkins