Avast 2014 takes a long time from page to page

[kaschiro]

I am using free avast for my av program. I have using avast for many years and have been happy with it. Just recently I just upgraded to 2014 and it takes a long time between pages to go from page to page (10- 40 sec) that is too long and I am getting older with not to much time to live, and I do not want to waste it waiting for a page change. If I disable avast and run without av the pages zip by rather rapidly. So my problem is with avast enabled..has anybody had the same problem? Should I switch to an other free av prog???
Kas

 

[DavidE]

First thing I would try is to disable the Avast Browser add-ons if you are using them.

If that doesn't help, some other things you can try:

• Do a Repair Avast.
• Set up exclusions for your browser(s) in Avast.
• If you're using a 3rd party Firewall, check the settings.
• Do an uninstall using the Avast clean utility and re-install Avast.
• Post your issue/question on the Avast forum, maybe someone there has seen this and knows an answer.

 

[AmericanPharaoh]

Hello Kaschiro,

Your System Specs show your computer as being an older Dell Dimension 8400, Pentium 4, Dual core, with 1 GB of RAM.

Did your computer originally have Windows XP installed?

John

 

[Tews]

Try disabling Web shield and see if that helps.

 

[kaschiro]

Hello Kaschiro,

Your System Specs show your computer as being an older Dell Dimension 8400, Pentium 4, Dual core, with 1 GB of RAM.

Did your computer originally have Windows XP installed?

John

John I do not know where the system spec came from..check my updated version
Kas

 

[kaschiro]

Try disabling Web shield and see if that helps.

what does web shield do??
I have removed avast and intalled AVG and now the pages fly!!!
am I still go with avg or go back to avast..there is a big differece in speed
check my sys spec's now....avast was ok until I installed 2014 and then the big slow down
Kas