Avast Slowing Down Computer

Nov 07, 2016  We all love free stuff, but not everything is as trustworthy as Avast Free Antivirus. When you download free software, it often comes with hidden add-ons or other PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) that slow your computer down or contain harmful code which can damage your computer. My Avast Internet Security program is suggesting that the following programs (see image below) are slowing down my computer. If you were to stare at the taskmanager with cpu usage sorted, the first four executables would not even move from their positions, for hours and hours (maybe days or months).

1. Avast Slowing Down Computer

Avast Slowing Down Computer

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Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.or read our to learn how to use this site. Today, I've been getting messages constantly (even though I'm not doing anything and certainly not downloading anything) that say: Your Current Security Settings Do Not Allow This File To Be Downloaded The message will just randomly pop up on the screen when I'm not even at the laptop!

There were two specific times when it popped up that I was doing something. At one point, I tried to log on to Facebook, and it gave me that message. Another time, I tried to open a picture in an email, and that message came up.Not only has that been going on all day, but Avast has decided to go crazy. During this last hour, it has given me no less than 10 popup warnings that certain websites are threats. This was all going on while we were eating dinner - no one was at the computer navigating.