disable avast7 during start-up

[asciorra]

Wonder if anyone knows how to disable avast7 during start-up. Seems to take too long.
Tried to using Ccleaner tool but got access denied..

[DavidR]

Some more information might help.

Operating system, CPU, RAM, how long is too long ?

What other security software do you have installed ?
Have (or did) you another Anti-Virus installed in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?

[asciorra]

have winxp,ie8,sp3. have no other programs installed. am able to disable all other start-up programs.
had avast5 prior to sudden program update to avast7 without notification....
my comparison to start up time is based on avast5 which was faster.
Also system initially runs slow,i believe because a virus definition is processing in
background. once pop up indicates it successful,system speeds up.Would prefer previous edition.

thanks..

[DavidR]

If you had avast5 and updated to avast7 much has changed since avast5, but I too am using XP Pro with no appreciable difference in boot time and I probably have more running than you on boot.

First I would suggest doing a clean install of avast7:
- Download the latest version of avast, 7.0.1407 http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe and save it to your HDD, somewhere you can find it again (if you didn't save your last download). Use that when you reinstall.

- Download the avast! Uninstall Utility, aswClear.exe find it here and save it to your HDD (it has uninstall tools for 5.x, 6.0.x and 7.0.x).

• 1. Now uninstall avast! (using add remove programs, if you can't do that start from the next step), reboot.
• 2. run the avast! Uninstall Utility from safe mode, first for 5.x if previously installed and then for 7.0, once complete reboot into normal mode.
• 3. install the latest version, reboot.

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This may also be down to the avast auto update check which (if you are on broadband) happens very early on in the startup process; this could have an impact on startup, especially if you don't have much RAM (?) or a reasonable processor (CPU ?).

However, that said it hasn't changed that much from the way it was in avast5. But it is possible to delay that initial auto update check, more on that after a clean install and see how you get on from there.

[asciorra]

thanks for info. will follow procedures and see if there is a difference.

[DavidR]

You're welcome, let us know how it goes, it it is still slow around boot we can try delaying the update check.