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Offline rotemfrm

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I was using Avast Free Antivirus, and for a while my PC was slowing down, there were many games I could hardly play at all, they were lagging and freezing, downloads were ceasing (It's probably not the right term, excuse my English). Yesterday I saw this in my task manager :

https://preview.redd.it/sazq78goq1f81.png?width=1205&format=png&auto=webp&s=9f32ff55a70c65a65aa5ee8d7f2192b19e91f433

I tried fixing it (there is a post that explains how to do it in this forum), and it didn't help at all. So I removed it, and it's like my PC came to life. I could play Outriders for the first time without crashes and hours of loading screens, downloads were finishing. So now I don't have an antivirus at all. Is there any chance to go back to Avast ?
Thanks in advance.
« Last Edit: February 01, 2022, 10:46:11 PM by rotemfrm »

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Re: Avast started slowing down my PC. Is there any way to fix this ?
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2022, 09:25:22 AM »
Please attach your screenshot(s), some of us don't follow external links. ;)
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

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Re: Avast started slowing down my PC. Is there any way to fix this ?
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2022, 02:03:05 PM »
I was using Avast Free Antivirus, and for a while my PC was slowing down, there were many games I could hardly play at all, they were lagging and freezing, downloads were ceasing (It's probably not the right term, excuse my English). Yesterday I saw this in my task manager :

https://preview.redd.it/sazq78goq1f81.png?width=1205&format=png&auto=webp&s=9f32ff55a70c65a65aa5ee8d7f2192b19e91f433

I tried fixing it (there is a post that explains how to do it in this forum), and it didn't help at all. So I removed it, and it's like my PC came to life. I could play Outriders for the first time without crashes and hours of loading screens, downloads were finishing. So now I don't have an antivirus at all. Is there any chance to go back to Avast ?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Please consider submitting a performance recording.
https://support.avast.com/article/Antivirus-Performance-recording-FAQ/

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Re: Avast started slowing down my PC. Is there any way to fix this ?
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2022, 10:48:14 PM »
Please attach your screenshot(s), some of us don't follow external links. ;)

I attached it. Thanks

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Re: Avast started slowing down my PC. Is there any way to fix this ?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2022, 09:17:57 AM »
- OS..? (32/64 Bit..? - which SP/Build..?)
- Other security related software installed..?
- Which AV(s) did you use before Avast..?
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0