AVAST Free

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Hi,
I’m new and I have just one question: If AVAST Free edition IS free, so why does it ask for a registration key for the installation?

Thanks
Optimus

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Hi all…

Good question…and one that I would like to know myself. Why is avast unique in this respect? ???

God bless :slight_smile:

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I am only guessing here.Could it be that to register you get a e mail and that can give them a idea if you are a home or business user.I.E.Avast is free to home users.If you registered a lot of keys you would unlikely be a home owner.

       As I say this is only a shot in the dark and I may stand corrected if anyone else knows the official reason.
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I think, that the registration is a better way of having a proper idea of how many people they actually have using their software.

optimus,

If you haven’t already registered, you can here, for FREE:

http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registration.php

Then just enter it into the about avast! window:

right click avast! tray icon -->click ‘about avast!’ -->‘License key’

The license key is valid for a year, so after that you simply have to re-register (again, for free) when the time comes…

avast! license key tutorial

-Scott-

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I think, that the registration is a better way of having a proper idea of how many people they actually have using their software.
+1 that is how they will fiend the

100 million users…
avast! will shortly have 100 million registered users.
To celebrate this event, we are offering all our users
a special 25% discount on our top of the line product - avast! Professional Edition.

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Welcome to the forums, optimus. :slight_smile:

Registration also allows avast to know how many users there are so that enough servers can be used for updates without problems with delays due to servers overload.

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^^^THIS^^^