Avast browser on startup

December 12, 2009, 10:39pm 1 I have an Asus laptop, AMD Athlon xp-m. with XP Pro.I am running the latest versions of Avast, Comodo, Firefox and my email prog is OE.I have startup applications pruned right down.Lately my pc gets as far as the desktop and then seems to hang indefinitely with the hd light periodically showing and the Avast icon periodically revolving.If I try to start my browser or email program, no luck This lasts for maybe 20 minutes or more before I give up and reboot. After rebooting the pc will ‘usually’ load more or less as normal.I have a feeling that the Avast process is causing this.I tried disabling Avast to see if my startup would improve but using services.msc to select manual or disable is denied.I unchecked Avast in msconfig, but Avast still started at bootup and the check had been replaced.I tried checking the delay startup function in Avast’s troublshooting menu but still the same problem.Anyone else experiencing this?Any suggestions?Thanks. Tarq57 December 13, 2009, 3:34am 2 What is the RAM of this laptop?Is it the Comodo Firewall you have installed, or the suite?What AV installed before Avast?What is the disk (percentage) used? system December 13, 2009, 4:32am 3 Thanks for the reply.RAM 512mbAs far as I know it is just the Comodo Firewall. Not sure what you mean by suite. If I look under configurations it has a check alongside “Proactive Security updated updated updated” Proactive defence is set to ‘Clean PC’I’ve had Avast running

November 27, 2005, 1:40am 1 Here we can read a lot of posts about startup and login… speed and protection at that time.We learn that the firewall is more important at this time than the antivirus.We learn that some firewall, like Kerio, could protect actions at these times (startup and shutdown) at low level (see picture).We want avast! release the desktop to user as fast as it’s possible at login… avast! seems to be one of the ‘first’ services running but:At shutdown time, what happens?I see avast is one of the first of being shutdown, the red cross appears in the ‘a’ blue icon very quickly.Well, browser, P2P, email client… everything is opened and avast! has gone away?Can the programmers say anything about protection at shutdown? Am I becoming paranoid? Lisandro November 28, 2005, 5:25pm 2 Bump : system November 29, 2005, 1:27am 3 I was wondering about this recently also. Can anyone from the avast team comment? polonus November 29, 2005, 2:35pm 4 Hi Tech,I would not worry. Start your shut down procedure and leave a diskette in your A: drive. Avast will not let you shut down, before you remove the diskette. That means Avast is still working.Check with TDI mon, and you see what happens.greets,polonus Lisandro November 29, 2005, 4:21pm 5 But at this time the ‘a’ blue icon is still there, without the red cross.Some moments after avast seems disabled.The entire computer could take almost one minute to shutdown. I’m saying that apparently, avast is the first one to shutdown… Lisandro December 2, 2005, 8:19pm 6 Vlk answered here: "Network Shield" provider of avast is active even when Windows is booting (and before the main avast service starts).Avast stays running, only the connection to the GUI component (the tray icon) gets broken.

OK. If your default view is set as Category, select Uninstall a program in the Programs panel. ...or if your default view is set as Icons, select Programs and Features. Click Installed On to sort the programs by the most recent date of installation. Uninstall any recently installed unknown programs from unknown publishers by right-clicking in the relevant program panel and selecting Uninstall. Enable the PUP scan in Avast Antivirus by completing the following steps: Open Avast Antivirus and go to ☰ Menu ▸ Settings. Select Protection ▸ Core Shields. Under Potentially unwanted programs & tools tick the circle next to Resolve automatically to enable it. Set up a Boot Time Scan in Avast Antivirus to run on the next reboot by completing the following steps: Open Avast Antivirus and go to Protection ▸ Virus Scans. Under Boot Time Scan click Open now. Click Install definitions, then click Run on next PC startup. When you click Install definitions on the Boot-Time Scan screen, Avast Antivirus downloads all virus definitions from a cloud database. If you skip installing specialized definitions, Boot-Time Scan scans your PC based only on the last virus definitions that were downloaded. If Install definitions is not displayed on the Boot-Time Scan screen, your virus definitions are up to date. Restart your Windows PC. When the system restarts, a Boot-Time Scan progress screen appears. The scan usually takes several minutes, but the duration varies depending on the speed of your system and the number of files being scanned. To skip the scan, press the Esc key on your keyboard. For any detected threat, Avast Antivirus applies the action specified in your application settings. If you disabled automatic actions and threats are detected, tick the boxes next to relevant threats and select Resolve all or Resolve selected. When the scan is complete, Windows continues booting up. Remove a browser hijackerFollow the steps below to resolve the issue:Ensure your Avast One application is up to date by following the steps in this article: Updating Avast Antivirus. Reset the affected web browser to its default settings by following the steps in