computer: AMD athlon 64 3500+
2.21 ghz
1gb ram
Also have webroot spysweeper--have disabled that now, too.
With both disabled, computer runs great.
Not good to open up the same old Word or Excel files that I've used for years and see the computer's red light on and the blue cue ball "A" spinning round and round, with no work being done while I wait wait wait...
This is not a knock against Avast, AVG 8.0 was doing the same thing (7.5 was a little better, but that's history).
Would be nice if AV software could be "trained" to know that opening certain files over & over is OK, we don't have to spring into action and look for the bad guys every time the human operating the computer opens files or a program. On the other hand, if files or programs were being opened not by the human operator but automatically, THAT could be a suspicious event to be investigated (unless I was using a macro, and couldn't the AV software be trained to see that it was MY macro and not some @@!!! out there)?
I've decided to chance running naked, with scans maybe every other day from both avast and spy sweeper, because I'm careful where I go, and, from the old days, am in the habit of saving and scanning email attachments before opening, even from legitimate sources.
However, reading Tech's post, I could try disabling the scanning of open/created/modified files and see if I can get some work done here without all the doggone waiting.....