Why does AVG anti virus slow my lap top down?

Probably because it takes up space and memory and its FREE. I dont trust free things. I would just get rid of it and install mcafee or norton.

Try some things to make your computer more efficient. You can find them under MY COMPUTER, right click on your C local drive and then click on properties.

1) Do a disc compression it will compress all your files

2) Do a disk cleanup. It will get rid of all your temp files that your computer does not need.

3) Do a disk defragment. It will move all your fragmented files.

4) Go to Start menu then click on RUN, and then type msconfig and then hit ENTER. Under the start up tab, uncheck programs that you dont want running in the background that usually loads when you start Windows.

And you might want to upgrade and add more RAM into your computer. Memory definitely helps.

Why does AVG anti virus slow my lap top down?pc security

Your anti virus program, whatever the make, is a program running in the background. All programs use some processing power to run.

However, an anti virus program requires a little more than most. Depending on your settings, it may be configured to scan files accessed by your computer as you read them, or scanning as you save them. This extra time will slow your system down a bit.

You can speed things up by limiting what it scans, such as not scanning compressed files, or safe file types, such as TEXT files, Pegs, that type of thing. I would suggest you speak to someone in the know to get a good list of things you can skip scanning.