Does avg slow down your computer windows 7

I don't know if the paid version does it. It would make many people angry to think that the free version was nobbled on purpose..

I hope not. Yes, many would agree with you that AVG can be a bit of a system hog. But because you have disabled the 'Resident Shield' you are now not protected. AVG has become a resource hog and is bloatware. Uninstall with REVO in advanced mode and get Microsoft security essentials You will notice an improvement in speed and scanning time. And the pressure to sell it to you now is wearisome. It is blighter to uninstall and that's why I use revo. This is my usual setup, at home, office and for client work.

Hope that helps. It does work, is new but will get better. The bind moggles. Fragments Bytes Clusters Name This is part of the problem with AVG. U and ccleaner, win,utilit. I was using MSE and had to reinstall three times. It would work one time and then the icon in taskbar would disappear and it wouldn't open. Tried some work arounds on the Microsoft support site with no luck. Dumped it and am trying AVG Pro for 30 days. Haven't noticed any speed problems. I have XP SP3. After any antivirus scanner has been installed in a computer, it will be loaded into the computer's memory each time the computer boots.

Loading the antivirus program into memory helps protect your computer at all times, from any threat. When any program loads itself into memory, including an antivirus program, it will consume some of the total memory available to the computer. If your computer does not have lots of memory or is already low in memory, this can affect the overall performance of the computer.

Today, most computers have plenty of memory. However, they can still encounter a system slow down as the antivirus scanner is scanning all files on the computer to see if they're infected. You can check if the antivirus program is scanning your computer, stop the scanning, and change when and how often the scanning should occur.

You may also be able to change how intrusive the scan is, in terms of how much memory it uses when scanning. Your antivirus program allows you to change when a scan is done i. As each antivirus program is different, general steps are provided below to help you change the scan frequency. You may also be able to double-click the antivirus program icon in the Windows Notification Area to open the console.