So turning it off has to be as good if not better.
I have totally disabled it from boot, plus many other things (Windows Home server connector etc).
The best time I am getting is 5 minutes at the moment. It whizzes through the first 4 items but sits on starting application for 4 plus minutes.
I am using Vista Home Premium, a core 2 duo 2GHz laptop with 3GB of RAM
Any ideas?
AVG is VERY VERY difficult to get rid of!
What is happening is that AVG is checking every single file as a program is run. With RadarBox, that means checking maybe 10,000 photo files, all the logo files and the flag files, not to mention the 2 main database files.
Believe me, it is either AVG or another anti virus program checking all these files that is causing the problem. Reinstall and activate AVG Free, then set up the Exclusion directory as described above - just make sure you set the correct directory though, otherwise you will notice no difference.