What could I disable on Avast 5?

Since installing the paid version of Avast, my computer has slowed down quite a bit(mainly when downloading and trying to do other things while the file is downloaded) . When downloading a file, my cursor will "stick" and then jump to where I was moving it. It's not that it moves on its own, it just seems to be stuck and then jumps to the position I wanted it to go. I'm assuming it's because I'm downloading a file since it doesn't do it any other time.

The only reason I suspect Avast is because it wasn't doing it before I installed it.The only other change was installation of the new Malwarebytes program.

I've got a bunch of programs running and thought I would ask if some were overlap and might be causing some trouble. I've got Prevx and Malwarebytes running real time along with Outpost Firewall. You can see what other programs I have running in my sig.

With running those, are there shields on Avast that I could disable at no security risk to my computer?

Don't know if it would make a difference but I did have Avira 10 and uninstalled it(before I switched to Avast - I wasn't running both at the same time or anything). I ran CCleaner afterwards and hoped that I had deleted all traces.

Any suggestions or other things I could do would be welcome.

Thanks.

 

Might be Malwarebytes IP protection. If you are running Pro version (real time).

Try disabling Webshield first.

 

I install avast! with the following mods -
1. install only file, web and network shield.
2. increase sensitivity of file and web shields to high.
3. turn on PUP detection in file and web shield.
4. turn on PUP detection in all predefined scan profiles.

 

I'd start with the MBAM thing, as said above; has been causing nothing but incredible latency issues here.

 

It certainly shouldn't be on account of Outpost, and PrevX is highly compatible as well. I've run it with several real-time AV's in the past without issue.

I can see MB real-time protection causing conflicts with AV's though. I'd say it's a distinct possibility. I think you'd be better off disabling it instead of Avasts shields though, and just use MB on demand... if you find that it is indeed the problem.

JMO

 

I installed AvastPro 5 trial and found it slowed down surfing. I uninstalled and installed Avast 5 Free and things were speedy again. I don't know what additional feature in the Pro version is responsible. This is on Win7 64bit.

 

Thanks guys. I'll disable MBAM first and see how that works. Then move on to Avast if still doing it.

I'm at work now, but will try tonight.

 

Well, that's what I managed to find on Avast forums - a comment from the chief Avast developer:

Reference post and entire thread.

HTH.

 

id install the behavior shield as well, because at the very least it doesnt hurt, at least on my system, and it culd eventually have a potential use.

 

I turned off malwarebytes and it seems to have done the trick. Every now and then it seems scrolling is a little choppy, but the slowdown I was having is gone.

Next question, with my setup, am I really losing anything by disabling Malwarebytes IP protection or should I be covered adequately with what I have.

 

What you have looks pretty sufficient to me. Are you behind a NAT router? Highly recommended. Also what browser do you use? If you use IE some tweaking my be in order. Google how to start it in private browsing mode. If you use Firefox I recommend addons: NoScript, Adblock Plus, Ghostery, T.A.C.O, BetterPrivacy, WOT, Optimize Google.

Throw in Spyware Blaster and Spybot S&D for some immunization while you're at it.

 

My router is a D-Link DGL-4100, and the best I can tell it's NAT is on. I'm quite a novice on those things but I'm reasonably sure I have it set to on.

I usually use Firefox for a browser and have NoScript,Adblock Plus,Ghostery and WOT. I'm going to add Optimize Google, per your suggestion. The only problem I have with BetterPrivacy is in reading the FAQ on the extension page, I'm afraid I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what I'm doing. For T.A.C.O., I can't seem to find it. I hate sounding dumb, but I have no idea what that is.

Also, one last question, from reading the Spyware Blaster site, I just download the program and that's it? No tweaking needed? If so, I'll add that to my setup too. The problem I have is, like I mentioned, very green when it comes to the "guts" of how these programs work. I'm learning some from this site but I've still got a long way to go. lol

 

TACO https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11073

 

Since you asked...start with disabling avast 5. A good start for sure.