Avast free for windows 8

Does Avast have a free anti virus for Windows 8 ? We have a new HP laptop that came with Windows 8 and tried to download Avast Free,and nothing happened,we have Avast Free on our desk top with Windows XP,it works great! Any ideas?

Avast 7.0.1474 should be fine, but downloading is poles appart from being installed and would relate to what you currently have installed (firewall, antivirus, etc.) ?

Are you getting ant errors when you try to download ?

Where are you downloading from and how are you downloading (saving to disk or trying to install as part of the download) ?

Yes It definitely works fine under windows 8. I’ll help if i can. What antivirus came pre installed with the laptop?
I would Suspect it has the Symantec security suite which should be uninstalled prior to installing Avast.

As the OP mentioned it’s a new HP laptop with win8 preinstalled so I don’t think Symantec ( Norton ) would be installed since they already come with Defender.

og59 can you please answer DavidR’s questions.