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From: MLD on 12 Apr 2010 13:32
Avast has a new version, 5.0.462, to replace ver 4.8. Completely new look.
Has anyone tried it?
MLD

From: s|b on 12 Apr 2010 13:58
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:32:12 -0400, MLD wrote:

> Avast has a new version, 5.0.462, to replace ver 4.8. Completely new look.
> Has anyone tried it?

I've been using it for a while now. It's the second build of 5.x that
they released. No problem whatsoever (using WinXP SP3, all updates).
Some users reported problems when upgrading from 4.8. So what I did is
(create an image of my C: drive) boot in safe mode, uninstall 4.8,
reboot, check if any files weren't deleted (C:\Program Files) and then
install 5.x. Worked out fine.

In the webforum there are some complaints about the Webshield slowing
the download speed, but this is not the case over here.

If you're going to give it a try, maybe you should wait for a little
while. They've just released two prerelease versions [1], so it won't be
long until they release a new build.



[1] *** INTRODUCING: New pre-release build of avast [NOW 5.0.499] ***

<http://forum.avast.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=5765c0b5ac56ec9ecf5e29b35b0de135&topic=58183.0>

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s|b
From: MLD on 12 Apr 2010 14:50

"s|b" <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote in message news:4bc35f49$1_2(a)news4us.nl...
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:32:12 -0400, MLD wrote:
>
>> Avast has a new version, 5.0.462, to replace ver 4.8. Completely new
>> look.
>> Has anyone tried it?
>
> I've been using it for a while now. It's the second build of 5.x that
> they released. No problem whatsoever (using WinXP SP3, all updates).
> Some users reported problems when upgrading from 4.8. So what I did is
> (create an image of my C: drive) boot in safe mode, uninstall 4.8,
> reboot, check if any files weren't deleted (C:\Program Files) and then
> install 5.x. Worked out fine.
>
> In the webforum there are some complaints about the Webshield slowing
> the download speed, but this is not the case over here.
>
> If you're going to give it a try, maybe you should wait for a little
> while. They've just released two prerelease versions [1], so it won't be
> long until they release a new build.
>
>
>
I installed it over 4.8 and this far haven't noticed any change in
performance-using Vista SP2 (all updates) . Don't know about any effect on
download speed yet-hope not.
MLD

From: Poutnik on 12 Apr 2010 15:21
In article <hpvlif$u4d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, MLD(a)verizon.net
says...
>
> Avast has a new version, 5.0.462, to replace ver 4.8. Completely new look.
> Has anyone tried it?
> MLD

Quite old info.
I would say large number of people use it.

Check here for more :
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2.0

--
Poutnik
The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: baynole2 on 13 Apr 2010 07:12
On Apr 12, 1:32 pm, "MLD" <M...(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> Avast has a new version, 5.0.462, to replace ver 4.8. Completely new look.
> Has anyone tried it?
> MLD

Slowed surfing down for me (XP SP3) so I went back to 4.8.
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