Avast For Mac Cpu Usage
So a while back, I noticed that my CPU performance was decreased. I tested using wPRIME running a 32M benchmark. Without an Antivirus installed, I would get a score of 4.9 seconds, with Avast Antivirus Pro installed, I would get 7.5 seconds (the lower the score the better). Hi, I'm running AVG Internet Security 17.6.3029 on Windows 7 Home Premium SP1. Both AVG and Windows have the latest updates. I'm seeing constant high CPU usage of ~80%, and my laptop fan is running full time. More about 100 cpu usage avast virus bob1313134 Mar 13, 2015, 2:32 PM ps: when i open avast it's just like freaking out. I cant turn the web shield back on and it's very very slow. Comp is working.
Avast For Mac Cpu Usage 100
Yesterday I ran a full system scan using my Avast antivirus software and it found a infection file. The file's location is: /private/var/db/uuidtext/7B/BC8EE8D09234D99DD8B85A99E46C64 Avast categorizes the infection file as: JS:Cryptonight [Trj] So, after deleting the file I did several more full system scans to check to see if there were any more files. I found nothing, until I restarted my macbook pro today. The file reappeared in the same location. So I decided to let Avast put it in the virus chest, restarted the laptop, and again the file was in the same location again. Therefore the virus is re-creating the file every restart of the laptop. I want to avoid wiping the laptop and re-installing everything, so that is why I am here.
I researched the file path and cryptonight and found out that cryptonight is/can be malicious code that can run in the background of someone's computer to mine cryptocurrency. I've been monitoring my CPU usage, Memory, and Network and I haven't seen a single odd process running. My CPU is running below 30%, my RAM is generally below 5GB (installed 16GB), and my network hasn't had any processes sending out/receiving large amount of data. So if something is mining in the background, I can't tell at all. I have no clue what to do. Avast for mac freezes at the end of scan. My Avast runs full system scans every week, so this just recently became an issue this week.