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I installed Avast about a week a half ago and had a terrible time for a couple of days with it slowing my internet surfing to a crawl at best. I was completely frustrated. I posted on this forum and people were so helpful and I eventually ended up with the link to the patches for fixing some Windows XP issues. Everything is just fine now with my system and I can now see why people recommend Avast; however, when I initially visited the site and downloaded Avast I had no knowledge that there were Avast and XP conflicts… had this been made clear along with the requisite patches I would literally have been saved about three days of experimenting and trying everything including talking to my service provider and my ‘computer guys’ to determine what the problem was. Having said that, it highlights the usefulness of this forum and how helpful people are.
I do suggest Avast make it clear that a patch is required for XP users as many people are still XP users.