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Nice. Installing right now :)
Thanks for the info and the link. I've been using Avast for some time and am very pleased with it.
I like the new interface :)
I urge extreme caution. IMO, 5 is NOT ready for general release.
I tried updating Avast Pro from 4.8 to 5 @ work. It did NOT go well. The license key would NOT work on 5 and there is currently NO way to convert short of individual support. What makes this frustrating, Avast says it works. It impossible that the 4.8 key won't work with 5.
Second, at the end of the install, the PC froze HARD. Had to use the power button to get running again. This on a healthy PC that was running 4.8 Pro with zero issues.
I will be waiting until there is a new build before trying again... :(
As a follow up, I tried the free version of Avast 5 and it will not install either. This on a PC that runs free or Pro 4.8 perfectly. Something is clearly wrong with this first version... :(
That's a "regular" computer mystery - how every computer is different.
I had no problem whatsoever with installing free 5.0 over 4.8 (it uninstalls 4.8 automatically). I also saw couple of threads on other boards and no problems reported.
What do we know about damn machines?....LOL
A new version 5 beta was released today (build 394) and it runs on everything I use Avast on!! So, I expect an updated release version will soon be in the pipeline... :)
Update...
My Avast Pro 5 installation had a freeze up on the first boot this morning. I rebooted and all is fine now. Not sure what happened?? Something to do with the definition update?
Beta Build 396 is out. I will test it tomorrow. If it tests well with the gang hanging out at the Avast forum, it will likely be the next full maintenance release for Avast 5...
Indeed, Avast 5.0.396 is now the current official release. If you have the original 5.0.377 release, I urge you to update.
Just to add one more report, I downloaded Avast 5 also with no problem and it seems to be doing a bit better than the old one which had gotten pretty poor.
Broni, I suspect most of us have had that freaky experience where something comes up "out of the blue" which never showed up before and which we'd really like to have; but can never get to come up again! That's where computers are different from anything else I ever worked on.
Final follow-up... I had been version updating my Avast 5 Pro installation from previous version 5 builds. Something along the way had corrupted the definition update process. Once I did a complete uninstall, reboot and new installation, all is well, including definition updates.
D/L 5 last night(1/31), now afraid to update my 4.8. Is it 5.0396?
Avast site is a nightmare, and tech help is nil. I just had to reinstall 4.8. My original license key has disappeared, where I had pasted onto the yellow-highlighted line, but don't have a copy of it. On my other comp, where I have my original installation, it says, 3277 days left, but expires in March. And the license key doesn't show there either.
So filled out the form at the site to re-send my license key, but nothing came. :( :( :(
Might go back to AVG-Free.
Hmmm... Definitely not cool!
As of Saturday afternoon, Download.com was still serving up build 377 (the original release.) 377 did NOT work for some users, including me. If that was what you ran into, it explains your troubles. As of Saturday, the only place for 396 was @ Majorgeeks http://majorgeeks.com/Avast_Home_Edition_d1968.html
License-wise, they are definitely running slower than before the new release. If it fails to come, try again. I had to renew my free home license and a paid work Avast Pro license and they both took longer than they used to.
Hopefully you can get things going ok again. :) The new version is awesome!