Hi There -

I am a computer beginner. I updated my anti-virus program to AVG 8.5 after getting repeated warnings that I would be unable to update it after 4/30 and I am regretting it.

I love to surf the web and my download speed for images is way too loooooooooooong now. It happened immediately after I did the upgrade so I am sure the two are related.

Can anyone tell me what might be WRONG? I turned off the AVG toolbar thinking that would help and I haven't noticed much change.

Thanks in advance for any help, LCyeah i`ve noticed that it slows everything down i haven`t figured it out yet it`s kind of lagging when i start up my PC it`s slowing down some of my programs when is starts to update the definitions and when it scans hopefully they will fix the bugs and stuff plus it has CRASH issues i took avg out because it slowed the pc down and took 2/3 hours to SCAN , and

installed avast free far better , harryNote that scanning speed depends on how many files are on your computer, hard disk size/used space, number of processes running, what you are doing at the time of the scan.

For example, normally, a scan may take an hour but if you are burning CDs during the scan, it will take much longer for the scan to complete.carbon i was only on here and it took hoursHow many files do you have? What are your computer specs?hm , a good question , dont know Haha, I see.well PLEASE tell me how to please do and i'll let you know Is it really that important?

Right Click My Computer and go to Properties / Start --> Run --> type DXDIAG and press Enter.

As for how many files you've got, go to Command Prompt and type dir C:\ /s
It may take quite a while, but it will tell you how many files and directories you have.its not really you asked me how many i had and i'm keen to find out how to do things at my age , i let you know soon , harry Heh, ok.As for how many files you've got, go to Command Prompt and type dir C:\ /s
It may take quite a while, but it will tell you how many files and directories you have.

went to start run for above would not work


pc specs below


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