I dont know if its illegal or what but I got it from a computer forum that doesn’t allow that kind of stuff to go on. Thats why I posted it here to give other people a chance to get a 20% discount on a awsome product like I did. It all worked fine to be when I clicked on it I went directly to the Avast Element Secure site for ordering. Anyway it is what it is. ;D
Yes. If it were illegal, I don’t think Alwil would even keep this thread. I waited for a clear official answer to be sure but they haven’t replied and I take it an O.K. sign. As long as we don’t post links, it seems to be O.K. by their side. In any case, I’m happy with that you are not ill-intended person for now. 
Can you post a link if its dead? Or they just don’t want links at all period?
Well, I’m not sure of your question but, if a link is dead, what’s the point of posting it? ???
At least, they don’t seem to be happy with links to coupons. If you are talking of links in general, it’s a different question. As long as they are not lead to dangerous/offensive sites, I think they are considered to be O.K.
I mean not a live link so you cant just click on it and it directs you to somewhere. You can post it dead like this so you can copy and past in your address bar so it dont link you from this forum.
www.avast.com
Live links are permitted but should never be posted to sites that can cause any one harm.
This isn’t one of those forums where links need to be inside the
brackets.
Using the enclosure is perfectly fine. 
much faster if you type avast and push button [Ctrl][Enter] :-*
Your mixing up reaching a url in your browser with posting a live link here on the forum.
As for technical aspect, there is another way to do so.
[nobbc]http://forum.avast.com[/nobbc]
This is done by
[nobbc]http://forum.avast.com[/nobbc]
About more fundamental possible solution…yes, to be honest, I’m inclined to suggest the moderators to disable links outside of these boards if it is possible since there are considerable amount of forum spam. I try to report whenever I see them but it’s kind of routine… Also, this will prevent a new member from accidentally linking to a malicious sites. At the moment, whenever they do this, an older member suggests something like turning “http” to “hxxp”, which is yet another routine.