Avast - Disk Access may be stopping HDD Spindown

[Stevieboy]

Hi, this isn't a moan, just a request for support

Avast seems to like to check what's going on ... here's a snippit of a trace I did on my HTPC ... which may or may not be the reason the main HDD never spins down on my HTPC

Keep up the good work fellas, and thanks in advance for any help

BTW whether or not this is resolved, Avast is fantastic

The following log was taken by using Sysinternal's NTFILMON:

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42   22:31:10.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
43   22:31:10.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
44   22:31:11.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
45   22:31:11.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
46   22:31:11.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
47   22:31:11.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
48   22:31:12.000   ashDisp.exe:200   IRP_MJ_CREATE    C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.ini   SUCCESS   Options: Open  Access: All   
49   22:31:12.000   ashDisp.exe:200   FASTIO_LOCK   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.ini   SUCCESS   Excl: No Offset: 0 Length: -1   
50   22:31:12.000   ashDisp.exe:200   FASTIO_QUERY_STANDARD_INFO   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.ini   SUCCESS   Length: 7458   
51   22:31:12.000   ashDisp.exe:200   IRP_MJ_READ    C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.ini   SUCCESS   Offset: 0 Length: 7458   
52   22:31:12.000   System:4   IRP_MJ_CLOSE    C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.ini   SUCCESS      
53   22:31:12.000   ashDisp.exe:200   FASTIO_UNLOCK   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.ini   RANGE NOT LOCKED   Offset: 0 Length: -1   
54   22:31:12.000   ashDisp.exe:200   IRP_MJ_CLEANUP   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.ini   SUCCESS      
55   22:31:12.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
56   22:31:12.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
57   22:31:12.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
58   22:31:12.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
59   22:31:13.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
60   22:31:13.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
61   22:31:13.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
62   22:31:13.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
63   22:31:14.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
64   22:31:14.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
65   22:31:14.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
66   22:31:14.578   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
67   22:31:15.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   
68   22:31:15.078   ashServ.exe:1504   FASTIO_READ   C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\Avast4.mdb   SUCCESS   Offset: 3584 Length: 512   


[igor]

Switching the database type from ODBC to XML (in avast4.ini) should get rid of the .mdb file access.

[Stevieboy]

Thanks, .mdb access gone