Avast 5 WebShield slowing down your web surfing?

[mmusang]

the webshield block my internet connection.
if I stop webshield, my internet connection running smoothly.
only webshield

[DavidR]

What is your firewall ?
Does it allow avastSvc.exe internet access ?
- If it does delete the entry for it and reconnect to the internet, this should force the firewall to ask permission again.

[mmusang]

What is your firewall ?
Does it allow avastSvc.exe internet access ?
- If it does delete the entry for it and reconnect to the internet, this should force the firewall to ask permission again.

my firewall is windows xp standard firewall
im not sure avastsvc have internet access or not, but it should be as other applications can access it.
fyi avast updates works without problem.

[DavidR]

The windows XP has zero outbound protection, so shouldn't be blocking avast. The avast update are completely different. So there is some other problem.

I don't believe we should continue this problem in this topic as it isn't related. Please start a new topic of your own, copying and pasting both your posts into the new one.

[mmusang]

ok, i will make a new thread,
thx.

[Silvara]

Oooh its not just me! Ever since allowing my client to update to the 5.x version I've seen a very noticible lag when opening multiple tabs in the browser. (It takes between 10-30 seconds) I have a second pc on my network still running the older avast and it is having no problems. Both computers are new(ish), one running Win7, the other XP both clean of any malware. The issue coincides with the newer avast being loaded and when I temporarily disable it the browser functions at its normal acceptable speed.

[Richpowell]

Hi Vlk,
Well, we tried removing the calls to both Woopra and Google Analytics and the problem remained. Any thoughts? The last thing I heard from our programmer is: "Maybe avast just isn't happy with flash trying to connect to remote servers via the http port."

Thanks-
Rich

[vvvvv]

hi Vik

The data service is webiress. It runs in java.  I log in through my broker. Most Australian retail broker use this service.
http://www.iress.com.au/

It does seem to be ok if i but it on the exclusion list but i have to do this every time i log in. Also didn't have this problem before i upgraded.


Added - monday 22nd march

I had to stop web screen completely today. I choose the option to come back on when i restarted. This didn't work i had to manually
restart it.

[Chris Thomas]

Hi Vlk,

I don't seem to notice any slow down except a loss in voice clarity when I use my VOIP software on a 256KB connection....but I don't notice anything when I use a 4MB software.....

Chris

[bob3160]

Richpowell,
no problem getting to the sign-in page with Goggle Chrome and avast!5 as you can see from this screenshot:

[Karolinger]

I use NetLimiter to monitor how much bandwidth each application is using. And I have found that Avastsvc.exe sometimes seems to fire up using almost my entire connection's bandwidth. I have broadband but I don't have a very fast connection.

[Richpowell]

Thanks Bob,
Unfortunately the problem occurs after registering and when attempting to enter the actual game. I appreciate your effort!
Rich

[institut]

Hi,
I am a French user.
I used MSE but I had doubts on its reliability.
So, there is only a few days I returned to Avast by installing the free version 5 .
I meet three problems:

• a very clear slowing down of Web surfing although I have no tool to measure it
• 41 false alarms (worm, trj...) resulting of a scan personalized on memory, rootkits
• impossible to select the lines of the report and the button "apply" ineffective

Except for these blocking problems, I find new Avast clear and easy to use, good job.
Best regards

[Hermite15]

Hi,
I am a French user.
I used MSE but I had doubts on its reliability.
So, there is only a few days I returned to Avast by installing the free version 5 .
I meet three problems:

• a very clear slowing down of Web surfing although I have no tool to measure it
• 41 false alarms (worm, trj...) resulting of a scan personalized on memory, rootkits
• impossible to select the lines of the report and the button "apply" ineffective

Except for these blocking problems, I find new Avast clear and easy to use, good job.
Best regards

hello, I'm a French user too ... no slow down of my surfing with Avast 5. I know it's been mentioned by a couple of others here on the forums but I never experienced that. Might depend on the operating system or the browser...no idea. By the way, even if for obvious reasons I prefer Avast by far, I still consider MSE as quite a reliable AV. They (MS) surprised everyone with it. But of course if you want to switch to Avast I won't do anything to prevent it

[rjdpa]

I definitely notice a difference with V5, here's my speed test results from Speedguide.net:

V4.8 Shield Off 2010.03.23 03:01 3551 kbps [444KB/s] 798 kbps [100KB/s] 95ms   US   sos.ptd.net  theshell.com
V4.8 Shield On 2010.03.23 02:36 3539 kbps [442KB/s] 793 kbps [99KB/s] 95ms   US   sos.ptd.net  theshell.com  
V5 Shield On   2010.03.23 00:46 2787 kbps [348KB/s] 797 kbps [100KB/s] 53ms   US   sos.ptd.net  theshell.com
V5 Shield Off   2010.03.23 00:45 3628 kbps [454KB/s] 768 kbps [96KB/s] 53ms   US   sos.ptd.net  theshell.com  
V5 Shield On   2010.03.23 00:40 2939 kbps [367KB/s] 724 kbps [91KB/s] 53ms   US   sos.ptd.net  theshell.com

I did the V5 shield ON test twice just to be sure it wasn't a network glitch.  I've gone back to 4.8 for now, but I'm sure I'll go back to 5 eventually.