Avira Free 2016 high CPU usage?

[blueblackwow65]

I find avast to be lightest of all av's out there sometimes cpu spikes but not for long.The only other av to be light like this is Webroot.

 

[Pat MacKnife]

Avast or 360 then huh

Avast free is much better than avira free and if you have problems they have a nice support (avast) forum.

 

[BMW325I]

yes much better
avast with highest tweaking options is still lighter than any AV out there I have tried and it is better than avira at least
360 with HIPS is great against ransomware but may miss some non-ransomware malwares

thanks,what antimwalware should i run with avast?

 

[Evjl's Rain]

thanks,what antimwalware should i run with avast?

I use avast with voodooshield free or pro in autopilot mode
you can use it with zemana pro with pandora enabled

 

[BMW325I]

I use avast with voodooshield free or pro in autopilot mode
you can use it with zemana pro with pandora enabled

ok ill try voodoo free TY

 

[uninfected1]

Was a long time and happy Avira user for several years some time ago so after some stellar reviews for it recently I thought I'd give it another go. Changed a couple of settings - heuristics to high and updates every two hours. I found it pretty resource heavy - updating maxes out cpu and causes computer to virtually freeze, and the rest of the time there are routine cpu spikes of between 15 to 20% every 15 seconds or so. Reducing heuristics to low didn't help much. I don't recall it having this impact when I used to use it.

ps used alongside Voodooshield and ZAL Pro.

 

[Xsjx]

Was a long time and happy Avira user for several years some time ago so after some stellar reviews for it recently I thought I'd give it another go. Changed a couple of settings - heuristics to high and updates every two hours. I found it pretty resource heavy - updating maxes out cpu and causes computer to virtually freeze, and the rest of the time there are routine cpu spikes of between 15 to 20% every 15 seconds or so. Reducing heuristics to low didn't help much. I don't recall it having this impact when I used to use it.

ps used alongside Voodooshield and ZAL Pro.

I want to help you first step Can you post a screenshot of your settings and Ram cpu... usage?

 

[uninfected1]

thnx a lot for the help, much appreciated, but I really can't be bothered to troubleshoot it. I'll probably just return to Panda. Much lighter on this machine.

 

[Xsjx]

thnx a lot for the help, much appreciated, but I really can't be bothered to troubleshoot it. I'll probably just return to Panda. Much lighter on this machine.

I should use Avira as its Lighter than Panda ( Norrmally MUNCH lighter but if you dont want it your choice

 

[vivid]

Did you consider average CPU usage? If a task is being done, commonly accepted value is lower than 50-60% to avoid overheating.
example : 100% usage is normal if average is lower than 60%.

 

[ctrlz]

on my PC Avira is slow, the fan become very loud
sad because I always used on other pcs

 

[Xsjx]

on my PC Avira is slow, the fan become very loud
sad because I always used on other pcs

Okay let me help you
Can you post screenshot from pc usage ranked by cpu usage ?