Upgraded from AVG 8.5 to 9.0 today. It now takes 30 seconds to open a new website with AVG 9.0. Is this normal? I'm tempted to ditch it.Yes, I'm on so called High Speed service. After opening a site, speed of changing pages is normal within that site.Also noticed that there now is no Hourglass symbol beside the cursor arrow after clicking on a site desktop icon.Alex Reid-10 minutes later: just had a system freeze changing websites & had to reboot.

Lots of trouble with V9.0 and FS add-ons so you might want to go back to V8.5.

The chances of diagnosing your problem might be enhanced if you add information about which browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome etc) and operating system (Windows XP Vista Max OS X) you are using. The amount of RAM in your system could be relevant as well.There may also be other security software scanning the incoming code.Do the delays start occurring quickly after restarting the operating system or after it has been running for several hours?Have you tried clearing the browser's cache (might be labeled as "temporary files" in the browser)?Is there a lot of hard drive activity when the pages are delayed?How many other applications do you have running at the time?You might also want to watch the indicator lights on the modem or open a network activity level monitor application like the "Networking" tab of Windows Task Manager. The task manager also has a processes tab that help you determine if some process is delaying the page processing via a heavy CPU load. You can click the CPU column heading (might be abbreviated to "C...") to sort the processes by CPU load. As a bonus Windows Task Manager adds a CPU usage meter to the task bar's notification area.

I updated to v9 because AVG wasn't going to support v8.5 any more.If you turn off Resident Shield an Link Scanner, things should speed up again. That's what folks on the AVG Forum said to do.Resident Shield scans files in the background. Slowed my old laptop down to a crawl.Bob

I updated to v9 because AVG wasn't going to support v8.5 any more.If you turn off Resident Shield an Link Scanner, things should speed up again. That's what folks on the AVG Forum said to do.Resident Shield scans files in the background. Slowed my old laptop down to a crawl.Bob

Bob- I turned off Resident Shield on the AVG page- made no difference.Alex

The chances of diagnosing your problem might be enhanced if you add information about which browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome etc) and operating system (Windows XP Vista Max OS X) you are using. The amount of RAM in your system could be relevant as well.There may also be other security software scanning the incoming code.Do the delays start occurring quickly after restarting the operating system or after it has been running for several hours?Have you tried clearing the browser's cache (might be labeled as "temporary files" in the browser)?Is there a lot of hard drive activity when the pages are delayed?How many other applications do you have running at the time?You might also want to watch the indicator lights on the modem or open a network activity level monitor application like the "Networking" tab of Windows Task Manager. The task manager also has a processes tab that help you determine if some process is delaying the page processing via a heavy CPU load. You can click the CPU column heading (might be abbreviated to "C...") to sort the processes by CPU load. As a bonus Windows Task Manager adds a CPU usage meter to the task bar's notification area.

Robert- I'm using Internet Explorer on Win XP with 2GB ram. My ISP (Shaw) does run some anti virus stuff which they tout as being super dooper! I'm waiting for their reply on my query as to whether I even need AVG!The delay is there the moment Win boots up.Sorry, not sure what or where the "browser cache" is. There is no hard drive activity. No other applications running whatsoever- the delay is there upon a fresh boot up. But invoke any other application and all is normal- it's only when accessing a website- as if AVG 9 is taking its time to decide if AVSIM is a safe site- and while deciding, doesn't even have the courtesy to show the hourglass to indicate it's even alive. For 30 seconds or more the whole system is frozen & looks like it has died. Then suddenly the site requested emerges.I'm getting too old for all this!Alex Reid

Alex, AVG, esp v 9, is a resource hog. Combine that with your older system, and you got a massive slow down. I recommend to look for another product.AVG also defaults with regular system scans. Make sure that it's not scanning your harddrive while your trying to use your computer.

AlexFWIW, I ran AVG 8.5 on my old laptop. Never had any trouble with it. Upgrade to 9.0 was very bad. Much as is your experience. Users suggested I turn off the two items I mentioned, make sure all updates are installed, and wait through a couple of on off cycles. Seems to be working fine now. I also use a registry cleaner. On my FS machine, I use Avast. Can't say one is better than the other. Avast has been less trouble. But then, AVG was no trouble until 9.0.Bob

AlexFWIW, I ran AVG 8.5 on my old laptop. Never had any trouble with it. Upgrade to 9.0 was very bad. Much as is your experience. Users suggested I turn off the two items I mentioned, make sure all updates are installed, and wait through a couple of on off cycles. Seems to be working fine now. I also use a registry cleaner. On my FS machine, I use Avast. Can't say one is better than the other. Avast has been less trouble. But then, AVG was no trouble until 9.0.Bob

Bob- yes, 8.5 worked flawlessly. I'll wait for a day or so and see if any improvement. Still curious and waiting for an answer as to whether I could rely on the anti virus provided by my ISP- then abandon AVG.----------------red1- a fast check flight in FS9 shows NO frame rate hit with AVG9.0Alex

Microsoft Security Essentials for the win. Dump AVG and Avast free versions. MSE is just as good or better with little overhead.

AVG 9.0 (at least the original released version) came with a feature that is supposed to go through all your files and collect some sort of a signature that it keeps in a cache folder. The idea was this would speed up system scans. When I fist upgraded to 9.0 it slowed my system way down (all the time, though, not related to any web browsing). There was a published hack to turn off that cache fundtion which I did and since then it was working OK until the latest update (couple weeks ago). that did something that killed my email (I think AVG installs a proxy to intercept all your mail and maybe this broke). I probably could have fixed it, but used the opportunity to install Panda which some sites seem to like. Panda doesn't really tell you much (may be a good thing but I'm used to more feedback from the AV) so I'm not so sure about keeping it. I've never used the link scanner functions in AVG. Resident shield didn't seen to have much of an impact (couldn't really a difference in FS with it turned off).scott s..

Microsoft Security Essentials for the win. Dump AVG and Avast free versions. MSE is just as good or better with little overhead.

I agree. I parted ways with AVG a while back and things are nice and smooth again. Still, no complaints as I'd always used the free version of AVG.

Have to smile- lots of solutions including a recommendation from my ISP to use their virus protection system!In all the years, I have never had any report of a virus or what have you, on my machine. I now question whether an anti virus software is even necessary.Perhaps I'll just switch off AVG and see what happens!Alex Reid

Took the plunge and uninstalled AVG 9.0. Currently running with no Anti virus software.Accessing websites goes from 30 seconds with 9.0, to almost instantaneous now.Very little, if any, FPS gain with Flight Simulator.Q.- assuming you visit only major/reputable websites- AVSIM, Bloomberg News etc, and rarely use Email- other than to either known persons or major commercial sites-What is the risk in not having an anti virus?Alex Reid

What is the risk in not having an anti virus?Alex Reid

Slime to none, esp if you have a router with a firewall. I haven't used AV in about 3 years. As long as you dont go opening random files or go to bad websites, youll be fine. Besides, now a days, if you actually do get a virus, most anti-viruses won't help you, as you'll still get the virus and removing them now a days is next to impossible without a format.