I have been using Avast free for almost two years. I recently got a new netbook (Asus EEE PC 1005ha) and naturally installed avast free on it. a few days ago the avast 6 update came out and I put off updating it because of time but when i did, it messed up my internet connections, both wifi and ethernet, i used a system restore point to get it working again but am now on avast free 5 so it keeps pestering me to update, which i want to do but know it will mess up my internet connection.
any help would be greatly appreciated, I need to fix this quickly because i use my netbook for schoolwork.
Are you still within your warranty period from the store which you purchased the PC from?
I recently bought a new Laptop PC…no major problems but a lot of glitches (none with Avast, btw). I did System Restore and finally System Recovery before contacting the store salesman. He said there is no reason to be doing such things on a new PC other than it being a defective machine and that I should return it for a new one (which I did). Luckily, I was within the 14 day grace period. I have a new machine and it is working great!
Apparently, they do not test individual components now before shipping new computers (like they did in the old days).???