I ditched using AVG a few years ago too... I use avast and find it the best if the freebie AV programs.
I would try Rich's suggestions and see how that goes. Darren. On 9 Oct 2014 16:13, "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > IIRC, this is why I stopped using AVG originally. I switched to Microsoft > Security Essentials for a while (don't laugh) and had no problems at all > with it taking over the computer. I only switched back after it became a > laughing stock in the computer magazines. > > I have tried other antiviruses but all have their varying degrees of > uselessness. This seems to be a common issue with AVG, users saying it > slugs their machines. There seems to be two core issues: > > 1. Even set to 'dynamic' or 'basic' (lowest processor hogging) it really > slugs the machine down during a scan. So I set it to run overnight and > things like this happen. > > 2. If the 'scan at startup if scan missed' setting was *ever* set and a > scan is missed, there seems to be no way of preventing it running that scan > at full priority until complete (that survives a restart), which is what > seems to be happening. > > I have set that not to scan after a missed overnight scan now, but lots of > people say that will only take effect after a *successful* overnight scan > (despite what AVG claim), so it looks like I can write off getting any real > use out of this PC until tomorrow now. Which is bad as I had all day to get > work done today but very little time tomorrow. Drat and double drat (as > some cartoon character used to say). > > Backups - don't make me laugh. Windows backup won't work with 3TB drives, > NTIbackup seems to fail 2 days out of 7 regularly. I have no idea how > complete the backup is because of that and whether it catches up on the > weekend missed bits during the week. > > Modern computers are a total and absolute joke. Everyone keeps saying > switch to Linux, but I know people who have and can't get anything working > for months, so I refuse to even try that route. > > Dilwyn > > -----Original Message----- From: Darren Branagh > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 3:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues > > Wow... that is the weirdest thing I've ever heard... > > I would suggest backing up everything while it's still running.. the anti > virus must have a real foothold on the system... disabling it restored the > system to a sort of default status with only one monitor. > > If booting was so slow with it disabled, it's unlikely to be that at > fault.. > > No idea where to go from here, apart from running a cleaner and maybe a > defrag. > > Very, very mysterious. > > Darren. > On 9 Oct 2014 15:43, "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, that was a VERY painful experience: >> 1. My second screen (AOC USB monitor) stopped working after disabling the >> anti-virus (now works after re-enabling). Absolutely no idea why. >> Shouldn't >> be any connection between them. >> 2. Bootup took ages - I could see the desktop icons redrawing pixel by >> pixel, not just icon by icon. >> 3. Windows Live Mail must have lost its index, since it claimed there were >> no emails. It seems to have rebuilt the index now and all emails present >> and correct. >> 4. I disabled the wireless broadband for a while but the endless hard disk >> activity just continued even when it and the antivirus were off. >> >> I had a look at my backup program schedule as well. It says every saturday >> and sunday daily backup fails to run or fail to complete and Monday to >> Friday backups reported as OK. This goes back several weeks. As far as I >> know, nothing is differently setup for weekends the antivirus and backups >> are set the same for every day. >> >> Gets more and more mysterious. >> >> Dilwyn >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Darren Branagh >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 2:51 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues >> >> Ok, so it's not a swap space issue then... >> >> Maybe try using msconfig to stop any of the AVG files running at startup, >> and see does it run any better when you restart? If you do that, >> disconnect >> your internet access temporarily to avoid getting a virus in the interim. >> >> Darren. >> On 9 Oct 2014 14:47, "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> C:\ 243GB free of 453GB >> >>> D:\ 282GB free of 454GB >>> backup drive 1.44TB free of 3.TB >>> >>> Dilwyn >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Darren Branagh >>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 2:34 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues >>> >>> Svchost.exe is the Windows service host, you need this :) >>> >>> Looks like it's the AVG antivirus acting up. How much free space do you >>> have on the drives? >>> On 9 Oct 2014 14:30, "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The ones generating most entries are: >>> >>> >>>> AVGrsa.exe - presume a scan must be running even if I can't find or stop >>>> it (scan settings are set to 'basic' for minimal interference when >>>> machine >>>> is busy) >>>> >>>> BackupNowEZ - my backup program which I have to use as the external >>>> drive >>>> is over 2TB so M$ backup won't work, in theory (hah!) this is disabled >>>> temporarily - I think! no hard disk activity even though the process is >>>> generating a lot of entries. >>>> >>>> svchost.exe (not sure what this is) >>>> >>>> monitor.exe (less than the other three) >>>> >>>> There are lots more processes listed, but very few entries compared to >>>> these. >>>> >>>> Looks like it's the anti-virus but what is it up to since it's on >>>> minimum >>>> settings and shouldn't be running at this time of day anyway (it's >>>> normally >>>> set to run overnight and not to run at startup if a scan has been >>>> missed) >>>> >>>> Dilwyn >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Marcel Kilgus >>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 1:54 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues >>>> >>>> Dilwyn Jones wrote: >>>> >>>> No, SATA drive, with Windows in C: drive part of the hard disk, and >>>> >>>> everything else in D: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Okay, one more. Download and run the "Process monitor" tool from MS >>>>> >>>> and check if any application is generating lots of entries. This might >>>> be a somewhat painful process on a thrashing machine, though. >>>> >>>> Marcel >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> QL-Users Mailing List >>>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> No virus found in this message. >>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8354 - Release Date: >>>> 10/09/14 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> QL-Users Mailing List >>>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> QL-Users Mailing List >>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8354 - Release Date: 10/09/14 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> QL-Users Mailing List >>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >> QL-Users Mailing List >> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8354 - Release Date: 10/09/14 >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> >> _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8354 - Release Date: 10/09/14 > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
