avast! Using 100% Disk Space!

[TheJJBman11]

Hey!

Since upgrading to Windows 10, amongst a plethora for other issues and bugs, I have found that avast! is using 100% of my disk space. I was always under the assumption that avast! was a lightweight program; however, apparently not: http/imgur.com/tusKx6K

Thank you all for reading

 

[Nerx]

Hey,

Does this occur after boot or the entire time your pc is running?

 

[TheJJBman11]

Hey,

Does this occur after boot or the entire time your pc is running?

Hello,

I've had my PC running for 6 hours today and it's been like that the whole time.

 

[unksol]

That is not disk space. If it were you would crash. That is read rate/disk access. It has determined you hard drive is capable of around 60MB/s and it's thinks it's being accessed as fast as it can be. I would consider that normal to good if running a full system scan. What probably happening is avast is scanning files as you accessthem and it's picking that up. Depending on how often it samples it may be picking up burst activity as more constant.

Still I'd uninstall and reboot/reinstall the latest version. Seems excessive when not running a scan

 

[TheJJBman11]

That is not disk space. If it were you would crash. That is read rate/disk access. It has determined you hard drive is capable of around 60MB/s and it's thinks it's being accessed as fast as it can be. I would consider that normal to good if running a full system scan. What probably happening is avast is scanning files as you accessthem and it's picking that up. Depending on how often it samples it may be picking up burst activity as more constant.

Still I'd uninstall and reboot/reinstall the latest version. Seems excessive when not running a scan

Okay thank you for the response. I will un/reinstall right away.

 

[Nerx]

Hey,

This seems to be a pretty common problem with avast, wether it's CPU, RAM, or disk usage. Have you considered they alternatives to avast? Or just use widows defender.

 

[TheJJBman11]

Hey,

This seems to be a pretty common problem with avast, wether it's CPU, RAM, or disk usage. Have you considered they alternatives to avast? Or just use widows defender.

I'm thinking of moving over to BitDefender in January when my subscriptions ends. I've previously tried Norton but that was a big no no, crashed my system all the time.

 

[sauabhgayali]

Seems to me as not solved issue 😛

 

[Connie_12]

MY SOLUTION: SEAGATE EXTERNAL DRIVE uninstall ALL software

I tried your solutions and solutions in all the forums

For me it was the Seagate external drive software for my slim drive. Per Seagate's website, I can still use it as disk storage the same as a flash drive - but not the dashboard/backup software.

I was only removing the drive (the usb) but immediately after uninstalling ALL Seagate related programs my computer went back to normal and has been every since. (Note; I also re-started my computer after uninstalling).

Though I know each person cause may be different, I hope this helps someone.