Hi, i've using avast for some years now. But "lately" it scans alot, all of the time. I'm still using a old computer (650mhz 320ram) so to speed things up, i've dissabled p2p,instant messaging, internet post, network and outlook shields. So that keeps standard shield and web shield running.
After reading the topic about the 100% cup, i turned down my status from high to normal.
But avast still scans alot, e.g. opening a .doc file, a windows map (program files or any other map), opening internet explorer....
I don't need it to be scanning .doc files of maps al the time. (it doesn't take long, but it slows it down before it actually opens)
Also i was wondering how many .exe files remain in the memory. I mean, when i do the ctrl+alt+del i see
ashdisp.exe (my account in windows)
ashdisp.exe (different account though)
ashserv.exe (system)
ashwebsv.exe (system)
aswupdsv.exe (system)
svchost.exe (system)
svchost.exe (system)
svchost.exe (system)
svchost.exe (network)
svchost.exe (network)
svchost.exe (lokale service)
Now that's looks like alot (especially on my old pc), now don't get me wrong. They don't use alot of cpu%, but the sum of it all in the memory is quite alot.
(The heaviest is still iexplore.exe with about 10.000kb - 80.000kb)
What i would like is that avast don't scan the stupid files like .doc file (made them myself, so they're safe) or maps.
Ilja