Luke Filewalker hangs - you can do that

Occasionally, the Luke Filewalker Avira process freezes and uses up a lot of your computer's resources. This practical tip shows you how to get the anti-virus software up and running again.

Luke Filewalker hangs: End process via Task Manager

The first approach is through the Windows Task Manager:

1. Open the Task Manager with the key combination [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del].
2. Here, under the "Applications" tab, end the "Luke Filewalker" task.
3. Then switch to the "Processes" tab and search for "avscan.exe".
4. End this process too. You may get an error message here.
5. Now Luke Filewalker should start again.

Luke Filewalker hangs: restart Windows

Often a simple restart of Windows helps to make Luke Filewalker work normally again:

1. Remove Avira from autostart before restarting Windows. In these practical tips, we will show you how to do this under Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
2. When Windows has restarted, you can start Avira manually and reactivate the autostart entry.

Luke Filewalker hangs: Uninstall and add Avira

The last solution is to completely uninstall Avira once and then add the software again.

1. In this practical tip, we will show you how to uninstall programs from Windows.
2. Restart your computer so that Avira is really completely removed.
3. Download the current version of Avira AntiVirus and install it on your PC.
4. After an update, Luke Filewalker should now do his job as usual.