From: Johnw on
on 1/02/2010, philo supposed :
> tried it on a few machine's I've got in for repair
>
> looks like it's pretty good
>
>
> scanned 140 gigs of data (in full scan mode)
> in about 30 minutes

Another link here.

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html


From: baynole2 on
On Jan 31, 2:35 pm, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote:
> tried it on a few machine's I've got in for repair
>
> looks like it's pretty good
>
> scanned 140 gigs of data (in full scan mode)
> in about 30 minutes

Well, I tried it & it slowed surfing down. Went back to v4.8.
From: Steve Terry on
"baynole2(a)yahoo.com" <baynole(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 31, 2:35 pm, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote:
>> tried it on a few machine's I've got in for repair
>>
>> looks like it's pretty good
>>
>> scanned 140 gigs of data (in full scan mode)
>> in about 30 minutes
>
> Well, I tried it & it slowed surfing down. Went back to v4.8.
>
>
Same here, prefer 4.8 home

Unless 5 is shown to catch more viruses, or some other advantage
I'll stick to 4.8

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From: s|b on
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:42:57 -0000, Steve Terry wrote:

> Same here, prefer 4.8 home
>
> Unless 5 is shown to catch more viruses, or some other advantage
> I'll stick to 4.8

Any idea how long 4.8 will be supported?

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From: Max Wachtel on
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:07:50 -0500, s|b <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:42:57 -0000, Steve Terry wrote:
>
>> Same here, prefer 4.8 home
>>
>> Unless 5 is shown to catch more viruses, or some other advantage
>> I'll stick to 4.8
>
> Any idea how long 4.8 will be supported?
>

I read in the avast forums that 4.8 will be supported for a few months
then it will be necessary to upgrade.
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=54532.0
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