Free Avast

Tvov wrote:

camperforlife wrote:
I am about to dump the free version of Avast. I've used it for years but they have really added a lot of pop ups telling you that there is grime and other issues on your PC trying to sell upgraded services. I can get Norton for free from Comcast but I want a smaller footprint on my Ultrabook's small SS hard drive. Suggestions?

How many popups are you getting? I am only getting maybe one popup every week? I just "x" it out. I do get popups almost daily telling me that it has automatically updated itself.

These days, virtually every program I have on my comp pops up every so often touting a "better" version for more money. This certainly includes programs that I have paid for - if you are expecting no popups with a paid program, you might be disappointed.

I don't mind the update pop ups as they come up and go away. Now I get multiple pop ups daily selling their grime fighter service & now they are pushing an upgrade promo and a St. Patricks day sale. If these popped up and went away I wouldn't care but these hang on and you have to X them out. I assume that if I bought the upgrade the ads would go away.