Avast 5.0 Released

[foxy]

I haven't installed my download yet. Had to reinstall my 4.8 for another reason. My serial came today.

If I update directly from the program, will I get the latest?

Possibly a generational thing here. By "awesome," you mean easier to navigate, fewer false positives (too early for that,) or attractive, which is superficial. And do I have to redo all my settings, or will they be imported?

[HAN]

I don't know if 4.8 will update to 5 or not when invoked from within 4.8. I went over the top with a pre-downloaded installer. By awesome, I mean pretty much everything. The GUI is greatly improved, probably the best I've ever used, much easier to follow what's going on. It has a notably smaller memory footprint than before which IMO, is a very big deal. And yes, it is attractive. Maybe superficial but Avast has been justly criticised for it's looks in the past. Now that has been addressed.

As for the false positive issue, IMO, Avast is about average in that regard. I have had a handful of minor ones over the last year. They did have a very serious FP issue in December but it was human error that caused it and IMO, they have learned their lesson on it.

You mentioned AVG as an alternative to Avast. IMO, AVG is not a serious contender for antivirus. It incredibly bloated and if you look around the web, it is what many users are running when they need HiJack This infection cleanup help. I NEVER recommend AVG for anyone for any reason. If you want a free alternative for Avast, it's AntiVir...

[fink]

I tried to upgrade from within 4.8.. it does not jump to 5.0.. only the latest 4.8 version.

[foxy]

You mentioned AVG as an alternative to Avast. IMO, AVG is not a serious contender for antivirus. It incredibly bloated ...

I had used AVG-Free for years, until it ran into trouble with Firefox 3.5. Thanks for the tip. It DID use huge sums of memory. I D/L Avast 5 from Major Geeks, and I'll install it when I'm not too tired to tear my hair out, and report back to you.

[Broni]

I had used AVG-Free for years

Same here, until ver. 8.0 came out.

[nganvu]

I've downloade Avast free version 5.0.396.
Before using it, Avast asked me to registered.
I did.
Is that it?
I did not receive any registration key at all.
I am the first time Avast user. I uninstalled my AVG 9

[Broni]

http://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php

avast! Free Antivirus works for 30 days after installation in trial mode

That's why. You can register your Avast at the above link.

When you uninstalled AVG, make sure to run AVG Remover: http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools
You surely have some leftovers.

[Train]

Did you use the AVG Remover to clean up?
http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools

[nganvu]

Broni andTain:
No I did not.
But, I used the Revo Uninstaller, instead.
Did I do something wrong?
Ngan
Is it too late to use the Link you gave me?

[nganvu]

My question: would I receive some kind of serial numbers or registration key after registering.
Avast says:registration will expire 02/01/2011.
Ngan

[nganvu]

damn!
I might've deleted the Avast email wirh its registration key in my spam email box.
I will follow Broni's link to register again.
Is it the right thing to do?
Ngan
i

[nganvu]

Just got my registration key.
Now: how to insert it in thr program?
Thank you
Ngan

[foxy]

Open the main program from your Program menu, stop the memory scan, click on Registration and paste it in.

[nganvu]

Thanks! Foxy.

[foxy]

Thanks! Foxy.

He-he. I've had to do it so many times in 6 months!!