My Computer Has Slowdown
By steveniam
@steveniam (25)
Singapore
May 31, 2008 9:46pm CST
Recently I have upgraded my free edition of AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 program to AVG 8 (still a free edition).
I have noticed that after my upgrading my CPU usage has gone up from about 20 to 30% to almost 100% consistently. It's almost impossible to surf the web or use the computer. I have no choice but to disable the AVG program.
Have anyone who has upgraded to AVG 8 (free edition) experience similar problem?
steveniam
http://www.tipsforfastweightloss.com
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3 responses
@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
1 Jun 08
I did have problems with this when I first upgraded. What I discovered is that while in the old version you could keep things in the archive on the AVG display, with the upgrade it gets filed somewhere on the computer. I discovered an entire folder with hundreds of logs from AVG. After I got rid of them, my computer was faster again.
@steveniam (25)
• Singapore
1 Jun 08
How do you do that?
Can you show the step by step procedures as I am not tech savvy?
steveniam
http://www.tipsforfastweightloss.com
@santuccie (3384)
• United States
7 Jun 08
Hi steveniam,
One thing you can do is install Process Lasso: http://www.bitsum.com/files/pssetup.zip This program automatically restrains programs when they start hogging CPU cycles.
If you would like to replace AVG with something better, and you can tell me a little about your PC's specs, I could make some recommendations for you.
