Avast version 5 "downgrade"
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I've been getting pestered by their upgrade popop and finally decided it had been out long enough to go with the new version. In their "Choose your level of protection" box, the free version no longer includes protection against web based threats - for that you now need to pay for the pro version. $20 is certainly not unreasonable, but why on earth would I want to upgrade my free version from 4 to 5 and lose functionality? Are these guys on drugs, or do they just assume the all people are stupid?
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Are these guys on drugs, or do they just assume the all people are stupid?
I assume the former. What percentage of lusers actually read the details. I'll admit to not noticing the change when I put v5 on a test machine a few days ago. This sucks since it makes MSE the only acceptable free AV program. AVG is a bloated mess, and Avira's popup spam is noxious. X|
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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I've given up on avast and their noisy 2am announcements of "VIRUS DATABASE UPDATED!!" when I forget to turn the speakers down. Win7 and Microsoft Security Essentials. It does the job, simply and quietly, and is free.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I disabled the audio alert. Looks like Avast have gone from being the good guys to most CPians' anathema. Kinda like AVG who went out of favour and Avast became popular.
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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It works on xp. At least for me (sp3). No problems at all. Johnny Depp said it's working for him also, so, pirates are still in game :)
Wow, so I'm wrong on both counts? Man, I gotta start checking my sources...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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I'm guessing he's talking about exotic stuff like Linux, OS X, etc. There are OSes other than those from MS' stable, you know. ;)
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
*hides his Xandros-equipped EeePc* Lies :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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Thanks!
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Which OS does it not work on? I'm running XP, Vista and 7.
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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I've been getting pestered by their upgrade popop and finally decided it had been out long enough to go with the new version. In their "Choose your level of protection" box, the free version no longer includes protection against web based threats - for that you now need to pay for the pro version. $20 is certainly not unreasonable, but why on earth would I want to upgrade my free version from 4 to 5 and lose functionality? Are these guys on drugs, or do they just assume the all people are stupid?
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Copywriting ServicesWeb Shield is still included. It just doesn't include the newer Script Shield.
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I'm guessing he's talking about exotic stuff like Linux, OS X, etc. There are OSes other than those from MS' stable, you know. ;)
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
MS' stable
I thought that "MS stable" was a euphemism for exactly the opposite, particularly when preceding the word "release".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I suppose if you're running on Win 2000 or NT is time you upgraded. If you're running on MAC or Unix - tough cookie.
Two heads are better than one.
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I've given up on avast and their noisy 2am announcements of "VIRUS DATABASE UPDATED!!" when I forget to turn the speakers down. Win7 and Microsoft Security Essentials. It does the job, simply and quietly, and is free.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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If memory serves, it only works on Vista and up... Not XP. And of course it requires a "Genuine" version... So the pirates are out of luck.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
MS' stable
I thought that "MS stable" was a euphemism for exactly the opposite, particularly when preceding the word "release".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
You're probably joking, but just in case I saw jesting where it wasn't intended, I meant "Microsoft**'s** stable". :)
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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You're probably joking, but just in case I saw jesting where it wasn't intended, I meant "Microsoft**'s** stable". :)
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
just in case I saw jesting where it wasn't intended, I meant "Microsoft's stable"
That's what I'm saying: It isn't!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I disabled the audio alert. Looks like Avast have gone from being the good guys to most CPians' anathema. Kinda like AVG who went out of favour and Avast became popular.
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Which OS does it not work on? I'm running XP, Vista and 7.
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Copywriting ServicesSee here.
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"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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See here.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
Excellent. Thanks!
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
just in case I saw jesting where it wasn't intended, I meant "Microsoft's stable"
That's what I'm saying: It isn't!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Touché! :laugh: I was really asking for it there! :laugh:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I've given up on avast and their noisy 2am announcements of "VIRUS DATABASE UPDATED!!" when I forget to turn the speakers down.
There's an option to disable audio notices. I don't recall if I found it myself or had to google for where they hid it.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Yeah, I finally worked that one out.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP