Avast anti-virus

[CARLA]

Odie check your junk mail AVAST emails you with the registration number almost immediately.

AVAST free home edition is free FOREVER. You just go to their "Free Home Edition site" and re register it every 14 months copy the new code in the area for the code and bingo your covered for another 14 months.

Turn your blocker (if it is a popup blocker turning it off is an option in your browser) or you will never be able to use it properly when done turn it back on. If your using a popup blocker you might want to give it some guidelines as far as what to block. Blocking all popups will limit your ability to download and install software.

ALSO don't forget MALWAREBYTES as the 1-2 punch needed these days.

[spot]

Odie, this is an attempt at giving good advice though I doubt whether it'll be accepted as such. It's something I learned when I started out in computing and it's saved me a stack of time and effort.

In a situation where the rest of the world gets the expected result and you get an error, the error is the result of a mistake you're making, it's not the result of a problem out there in the world itself.

if you can manage to grasp that - and it took me a while to grasp it - you'll save a lot of time fixing your problems.

The answers you need are in this thread, all you need do is read it without blinkers.

[Odie]

Originally Posted by CARLA

Odie check your junk mail AVAST emails you with the registration number almost immediately.

AVAST free home edition is free FOREVER. You just go to their "Free Home Edition site" and re register it every 14 months copy the new code in the area for the code and bingo your covered for another 14 months.

Turn your blocker (if it is a popup blocker turning it off is an option in your browser) or you will never be able to use it properly when done turn it back on. If your using a popup blocker you might want to give it some guidelines as far as what to block. Blocking all popups will limit your ability to download and install software.

ALSO don't forget MALWAREBYTES as the 1-2 punch needed these days.

As I work part-time from home, I have several email accounts that are checked every hour, nothing was ever in my junk folder.

I did try AVAST free home edition this morning, and just like the other ones I tried to download and it said I did not have permission, I then uninstalled AVAST and re-installed it.


I suppose every 3 months now I will have do this, but at least I figured out the problem........is a real pain tough as I had to wait 2 hours while it scanned.


Malwarebytes, is this something else I can download?

thanks again IT boss!

thanks for your help

[Odie]

Originally Posted by spot

Odie, this is an attempt at giving good advice though I doubt whether it'll be accepted as such. It's something I learned when I started out in computing and it's saved me a stack of time and effort.

In a situation where the rest of the world gets the expected result and you get an error, the error is the result of a mistake you're making, it's not the result of a problem out there in the world itself.

if you can manage to grasp that - and it took me a while to grasp it - you'll save a lot of time fixing your problems.

The answers you need are in this thread, all you need do is read it without blinkers.

is this a puzzle?

a test?

the answers were not here.

[spot]

Originally Posted by Odie

is this a puzzle?

a test?

the answers were not here.

There are none so blind as those who think it's pointless to look.

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by Odie

is this a puzzle?

a test?

the answers were not here.

Yes, it's a puzzle and we need answers to get to the bottom of it.

We need to find out what it is that is blocking you and at which point in the process it's happening.

It is possible that you already have a virus that has infected your existing antivirus and is blocking the installation of any other. It is possible that you have a duff setting in your firewall or browser. There are several other possibilities but we cannot know or help you if you don't give us more information.

[Ian]

Have you uninstalled Avast?
here are some Avast Antivirus free product keys anyway..,.

avast! 4 Home Edition

W1694899H1400A0506-7L4LSNVS

Avast! 4.5 Pro

W1557703H1400A0406-KWURZZ63

Avast! 4.6 Home Edition

W2823220H1600A1106-8NAA3ED1

Avast! 4.6 Pro

S9207217R4459M0805-LESBDCZK

avast! Home 4.6.603

W4290508H1600A1106-ENC3WL99

Avast! 4.6

S3818982R5775M1005-XJLM6TS0


If you install AVG download the file to your desktop and not a folder, your folders may be protected from opening such files.

[Odie]

Originally Posted by Bryn Mawr

Yes, it's a puzzle and we need answers to get to the bottom of it.

We need to find out what it is that is blocking you and at which point in the process it's happening.

It is possible that you already have a virus that has infected your existing antivirus and is blocking the installation of any other. It is possible that you have a duff setting in your firewall or browser. There are several other possibilities but we cannot know or help you if you don't give us more information.

I'm not sure Bryn, all know is that once I uninstalled AVAST and downloaded this time.....everything was alright.

Maybe on my computer that was a good thing that I was not able to download the others, as I already did have AVAST there...even though it had stopped working as I needed a key code.......the installation was still there.

[Peg]

Originally Posted by Peg

Avira or AVG?

My Avast is telling me the trial period will end soon. I also was under the impression it was free and not just a trial offer.

Got mine all registered.

[Odie]

Originally Posted by Peg

Got mine all registered.

lucky you, I registered 4 times, no email was sent.

long story short...had to uninstall and re-install.