Please try to start the setup later.’Ī possible bug in Avast is said to be using all resources. Read Fix Avast’s Error ‘Setup is already running.
If you kill the Avast installer, the CPU returns to normal. Here, Avast could be installing updates in a loop. In the above screenshot, you can notice Avast Antivirus Installer is taking major CPU resources. And Avast Clear isn’t working for them either. Users could not uninstall Avast in the control panel.All running Avast processes using excessive disk space than normal.Avast is utilizing more CPU and freezing the system due to that.Avast software has acknowledged the CPU issue with Avast and said it is testing a fix for the issue in the beta version.Īccording to users reports on the Avast forum,
The recently released Avast 20.8 is reportedly consuming high CPU and certain users also claim they’re not able to uninstall it even with Avast Uninstall Utility or Avast Clear.
