I turned on my computer today and noticed that I had a tab on my internet browser from Avast stating that the license key I had was pirated/stolen. I was completely unaware of the issue as I was not the person who had installed the program on to my PC. I had a guy I knew who works on computers on the side load my computer up with what I thought was free software, but it appears he used pirated or illegal keys to unlock the pro version. I do like the software, however I was under the impression that I had been using the free home version of Avast! anti-virus. I guess my question here is do I need to buy the pro version or can I just uninstall and reload the free version? I don’t necessarily need all the extra features the pro version has.

or can I just uninstall and reload the free version?

Yes you can

And then I should be alright, yes?

Ya

Thanks for your help man, I was worried for a bit.