Hiya
@ Asyn TY! Thats took away the nag, I couldnt find it when I checked through the settings. I now have a happy spinny icon again.
@DavidR
All my machines are underpowered, its only a single-core I have, running at 1.66Ghz, not even entry level!
I think they have changed the way the P2P module scans in V5,0. it seems to tie up the CPU with AvastSvc.exe, and it also ties up the disk subsystems for some reason too, the drive what stores my P2P files is locked on read when AvastSvc eats my machine performance. I'm guessing each time it receives a block in the file, its scanning the whole thing, and then scanning the whole file, which at 1GB+ will take time. It didn't exhibit this behavior in V4.8.
TBH, i'm getting sorely tempted to revert to V4.8, and when forced to upgrade, have one last try to see if the issues fixed, and if not, it'll be time to search for a new product
. Its a shame, as I moved to Avast from AVG, and was really impressed with it, after AVG went the same way and became slow bloatware. I fear Avast may do the same in time
I like products that are simple, lightweight, and "do what they say on the tin", sit quietly protecting the system, in the minimum amount of memory and clock cycles.
Anyway, Its time to wait and see if the issue is addressed in future updates, I see many "slow computer", "slow folder" threads that may indicate an issue.
Kind regards, and thanks to all who helped with the diagnosis, esp DavidR.
Lesley