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gradofan

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For those wondering how Avast compares to others when running Vista...

The most recent version of Avast is no longer compatible with Vista - slows it to almost a stop... for whatever reasons.

Ran it successfully for years - before the most recent update - but, no longer!

I'm now a happy AVG user.

And... yes... Vista does fly without Avast!
 

My Computer

System One

I have the new version of Avast and it works just fine on my machine. :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    AMD Phenom X4 9850
    Motherboard
    MSI K9N SLI V2
    Memory
    8 GIG DDR 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 9800 GT 512mb
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SyncMaster 220wm
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi something or other 500 gigs
    PSU
    650 watts

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett Packard, compaq presario CQ60-305AU
    CPU
    AMD Athlon QI-46 2.1 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Wistron 303C
    Memory
    2048 Mb DDR2 SD Ram
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidea GE Go Force 8200M G / 256Mb dedicated grapics memory
    Sound Card
    MCP78S NVidea High definition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6" High Definition Brightview Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1336x768
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba MK2555GSX ATA
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS2/Touchpad
Well... are you sure its the most recent version, just released - with updated Vista, etc.

All I know is, my HP Pavilion dv6426us, with IE8, pretty much shut down, after the most recent version of Avast was downloaded and installed.

I uninstalled and reinstalled it, and every time... the machine slowed down, until I would shut down Avast. Wouldn't even shut down quickly, consistently. And... when I finally uninstalled it and installed the current version of AVG, the "gremlins" disappeared.

Who knows... but... I'm surprised you're not experiencing the same thing, if you have all current versions of everything with all updates. Likely some difference... somewhere.
 

My Computer

System One

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