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Re: Why does AVG AntiVirus take soooooooooooooooo looooooooooooooooong?
de bassbag 06/17/2006 08:43
In article <JIqdncDa4LxpjQnZnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@comcast.com>,
noemail@noisp.com says...
> AVG version 7.9.394
> Virus Definitions updated this morning.
>
> This has been going on for the last few weeks. Each time I turn on my
> computer, the hard drive runs like an olympic sprinter for 30 minutes
> or more. When I check Task Manager's Process Tab, the culprit that is
> eating up all the resources is avgw.exe. When I click on Task Manager's
> Performance Tab, the CPU is running between 59% and 100%. I right-click
> on the AVG icon in my system tray, select any command and a dialog box
> pops up saying "Another process is already running."
>
> The definition download is scheduled to occur at 9:30 AM and the
> scheduled daily scan starts at 10 AM. I turn-on the computer between
> 5:30 and 7:00 in the morning. So what the hell is AVG doing that eats
> 100% of my CPU for 30 or more minutes each time that my computer boots?
>
>
>
Maybe you have "if missed start immediatley when user logs on" ticked in
scheduler? for complete scan.Also in program settings you might want to
untick scan system areas on startup.
me