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Avast high RAM use


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#1 Guth

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Posted 10 December 2012 - 19:25

I recently installed Avast because windows defender was spiking to 100% CPU a lot of the time which made my laptop hang and it was getting on my nerves.
I always used to use avast so I went back to that.

The high cpu spikes are gone and my system is definitely running smoother without defender.
However, Avast is using almost half a GB of RAM. This seems an awful lot for one AV program?

Is that normal or not?


#2 OP Guth

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Posted 10 December 2012 - 19:34

Its down at 18MB now.
Not quite sure what was happening there, It wasn't scanning or anything.

Strange :s