
However, there have been occasions of people indicating that perhaps the Avast software tends to load at boot, which could be somewhat distracting. There is no question whether Avast is among the most vital apps available.


With Windows Defender active and nothing else, I felt my computer just wasn’t safe (I have trust issues OK?!). I tried a few alternatives out, including sticking with Windows Defender which is built into Windows 10. Hesitantly, I removed Avast and set search for an alternative. I am a big fan of Avast, and have been a user for over 10 years, but it seems to have an issue with Windows 10 at the moment – so for this reason, I’ve had to source an alternative. Once I removed Avast, my computer was like new again.

My problem was solved! Or at least for a couple of weeks… When the issue arose again, I realised the only thing I had done was install Avast Antivirus. I didn’t go for anything flash, but it has an i3 CPU and 6GB RAM. Granted I was running on old hardware (Dual core CPU with 4GB RAM with HDD) and he was running on something virtually brand new (i5 and 16GB RAM with SSD), I still didn’t think that granted my computer taking 48 times longer than his to boot, and that was on a good day.Īfter countless virus scans, hardware checks and reinstallations I decided to upgrade my laptop. A friend of mine managed a 5 second start time after installing an SSD. I thought this was odd, as Windows 10 was supposed to cut start-up times even more than Windows 8/8.1 had. I’m not just talking a minute from pressing power to logon screen either, I’m talking 4 or 5 minutes from actually pressing the power button to being able to use the computer.

Since upgrading, I have constantly experienced issues with Windows 10 slow start-up of my PC.
