Hmmm... Used the cleaning utility to uninstall all traces of avast!
Then installed the beta.
Same problem. The file shield scans ALL .exe files pointed to bt Start Menu shortcuts at boot.
And while it does that it is impossible to do anything (takes all CPU power).
Why is it doing this? Have never seen this in any previous version.
Is there a way to prevent this (programs will be scanned when I run them anyway, right)?
It's very annoying (ok, I haven't gotten the worlds fastet system, but anyway).
BTW: My XP SP3 still hangs at shutdown when avast is active.
I'll try disabling each shield one by one and see which one is guilty :-)