Perhaps it is just me, but I feel that Avast 5 final has been released far too soon as it is still very buggy and with far too many BSOD’s, and without any real explanations and official fixes for these glitches coming from the developers. I appreciate that they might be under pressure to complete Avast 5 but it does not do the reputation of this program any good to release it in this sorry state :-[
I have had no issues with Avast! 5 on two different Vista machines for some time using the various Avast! 5 betas. Once the beta testers stop finding problems, bringing in the public to look for other issues is about the only alternative. And with a very large number of users (claimed 100 million), sure looks like just a trickle of problems here, mostly incompatibility issues with other programs that just didn’t have enough exposure during beta testing. Getting more “no problems” from most of the beta testers doesn’t help mature the product. Next update should incorporate lots of the new problem reports. Most of us are very happy with “this sorry state” 
I’ve also had no problems with the Free version on both Windows 7 (32 bit) and Windows XP.
No problem no bsod just a small thing that i did find strange and its the removable media scan… Also maybe some translation error but im sure that will be fixed later. At least i can understand what its mean all is ok. ;D
Next update should incorporate lots of the new problem reports. Most of us are very happy with “this sorry state”
That is the point I am making re ( next update. ) The " lot’s of new problems " have not been adressed yet, most annoying being the recurring BSOD’s
The public version has been out nearly a week, so probably about time for a new release with many of the new issues solved it it.
So far, 2 replies on this thread stating that Avast 5 Free is working as it should, are you all in denial or something !! Avast 5 Free is a crock and should be removed from download sites till it is working properly, as did Avast 4
So far for me i find it very great for a first release but i still cant wait for the another update. ;D
You will find that the most voices raised will be from those that have problems - out of the total user base what is the percentage that are experiencing problems - how many have not posted to say it is working with no problems. And as stated most can be found as a conflict with other programmes, the beta testers do not use “all programmes”. So far I have had no problems on two Vista and one windows 7 system. Should I make three posts stating that ?
same here no problem at all 
just to add: if the bsod issue among others was so wide spread, there would have been not just a few but tens and tens of users posting to report like it’s been the case several weeks ago with the FP disaster. But hey this vast majority didn’t post after the release of avast 5, guess why…
Why don’t you post your configuration and your list of problems under avast! Free/Pro/Suite so that the developers can work on the issues with you? There were a large number of beta testers, most of their problems were solved that way, and the newly surfaced issues can be worked off in the same way. But the fact remains, it is working fine for the overwhelming majority of users, and the developers need more information to solve the remaining issues for others.
hi ,
the upgrade period should be extended from feb 1 to at least apr 1 ( !! )
is avast 5 released to soon ? no , its working fine 8)
have a nice day
maybe it’s just dumb luck, but avast 5.0 seems to be working well on my windows 7 X64 machine. i have been keeping close track of the problems it has been having on this forum, and i am hoping that a new program update will be released soon. i think i have been very lucky. i also tried many of the recent betas during beta testing, and again, i had no problems with them either. the only security software i am running is windows defender without the on access scanning, and avast 5.0. 377.
i think i may have been very very lucky so far. i am keeping my fingers crossed that a new update will be released soon.
Same here. Works perfectly on my Win 7 x64… as well as my brothers. No issues besides the sand boxing being a pain.
I agree. I can’t even get the silly thing to install. Check this thread out: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=54184.0
Actually if you look at the complaints from the last three revisions in the Beta folder, you’d know dang well it was released to soon. Heck with .366 version I had automatic Bsod’s on startup. Though .377 is better, It is way to sensitive. Also brought to my attention, is it may not work well with Powerdvd which is installed on my system. I tried to add program like Carbonite from HR Block to store certain files on Internet to protect them. I know 5.0 doesn’t like that program. Plus there are 3-4 threads like this one cause I started one myself 3 days ago.
No offense guys but it seems that all the hardcore avast people don’t have problems. Yet most of the newer ones do.
one thing i have made sure of is to not install any other security software besides avast 5.0.337. i am running the free version. i also disabled the on-access portion of windows defender. i rarely, if ever use windows defender for anything. when i was using avast home 4.8, i also used MBAM and SAS as on demend scanners for spyware. but i have not installed them since i have read that avast 5 may have some conflicts with them.
it is possible web shield may be slowing down my internet connection somewhat, but this is difficult to be sure of, so i have not messed with the default configuration in avast 5.
i wish i didn’t have to be as cautious as i am, but after reading the horror stories on the forum, i have decided “better safe than sorry”.
Actually a bunch of the usual suspects were here for the open beta testing so their problems were solved early. Submit your new problems in the same way to get them solved too. And with the tremendous number of downloads of Avast! 5, there certainly aren’t a lot of new problems reported here, just some very frustrating ones that need to receive the proper priority at Alwil as well as user inputs. Even the people from Wilders have some pretty good comments at http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=263285 .