ashserv.exe big cpu occupancy related to ?

[Lisandro]

Rootkit scanning is much faster... is just comparing 'before' and 'after' processes running to discover hidden files and infections.

[pinuccio]

Mine only lasts for 3 seconds.

Which "standalone" do you mean the asqhquick method or the aswar.exe program?

aswar.exe

[Lisandro]

aswar.exe

Do you mean that default avast antirootkit scan last only few seconds?

[alanrf]

The aswar.exe has not been updated since the initial beta release (at least it had not been yesterday when I checked again).  No doubt when the standalone version is released as a full product it will display the same speed improvements that are now incorporated into the main antivirus.

[pinuccio]

aswar.exe

Do you mean that default avast antirootkit scan last only few seconds?

yes , the avast rootkit scan at start up after 8 minutes lasts few seconds, check the log , the same in standart and thorough scan , very good , before i had to disable it because my pc was very slow for many minutes
standalone aswar.exe beta stll lasts many minutes at high cppu occupancy as said above