For the longest time I’ve held off installing Avast 5 on top of 4.8 (which I’ve used for years) due to the negative feedback on the forum. Tonight I took the plunge and installed Avast 5 (free) . So far it’s working great. I’m not experiencing any issues reported.
Just wanted to post something positive about Avast 5 in contrast to the issues that some unfortunate users are having.