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Is Avast! Antivirus Known To Effect PC Performance?
Hello there. Recently, (A couple of days ago to be exact..), I switched from Malwarebytes to Avast! Due to my Malwarebytes trial expiring. I switched to Avast! because it was the second best antivirus I knew about, at least, from what I remember. I ran a full system scan shortly after installing Avast! to find there were no threats detected.
Yesterday, I was all set to go to bed and I shut down my computer the right way, by using the "Shut down" button on the start menu in Windows 7. I turned off my screen to find it was still trying to shut down 10 minutes later, this is something that usually, doesn't even take 20 seconds for me, so I figured the PC hung and thought nothing of it, so I used the power button to hard power off.
I turned my computer on about 20-25 minutes ago to find it took 2-3 minutes (After entering password) to log on. Again, this is something that never even used to take 20 seconds. This has lead me to creating an account here and making this post, blaming Avast!.
I'd usually just get rid of the program that I thought was causing it, but since I have no other antivirus, I wanted to keep it until I got your thoughts and opinions on Avast! Could you please recommend a new (free, if possible) antivirus to me that is fast, and can run without tampering with my PC performance or other programs open?
If it helps, here is a screenshot of my Avast! information and some basic information on my PC specs, thank-you.
-Tamzin.
Last edited by Tamzin; 21 Jan 2015 at 16:09. Reason: Added information