Your commercial engineering tricking the average mum and dad computer user into downloading your commercial version is a viral tactic.
The advert appears normally inside the UI…I have avast installed on my mom and dad who are average users and they never got into downloading commercial version 
A lot of my clients are asking me why they have been tricked into downloading Avast Pro, when all they were trying to do was re-register for free
That was a bug and has been fixed meanwhile.
I’ve tried telling that to all my clients as well
And all they do is blame me for loading Avast, hence my post.
I’m a very small IT guy in a small country, but when my clients tell me something or complain, I listen to them, and they are complaining now.
Sorry. Asyn has answered before.
Please Avast team, take a second look at this.
Update your clients to 8.0.1489…!!
Have you ever heard the saying “You don’t get a second chance to make a good first impression” ?
Frankly, Avast should apologize. I don’t think they ever officially acknowledged there was ever a problem.
Certainly, it’s not even mentioned in the intro to the new version:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=123563.msg937973#msg937973
What is going on here Avast Team ?
I used to make my income removing virus’s and malware.
Now my clients are asking me to remove Avast.
Its a funny world.
This is what you get when you use free AV software. It might be a culture shock to some that a commercial firm is trying to incentivise its non-paying users to add to its revenue stream. That’s called being in business. I have never found Avast to behave improperly. I believe that the purpose of the free AV is to create goodwill and help promote the safety of personal home users on the Internet while being subsidised by business customers.
I certainly would not take umbrage against you gerrynz who has simply introduced your clients to the best free AV software available. I can think of no better AV. I have used it since version 4 and it has served me well. To switch to an alternative would be cutting off your nose to spite your face (as we say in the UK).
The obvious alternative in terms of popularity is actually a less effective resource hogging inelegant elephant of a thing.
I have as well.
But I can’t justify charging my clients (mainly mum and dad users) for the problems they are having with Avast which now exceed viral/ malware problems.
Ironical as it is, a large proportion of my income is now removing avast. I guess I should be thanking avast for this but… ???
Cant you read or something :
UPDATE your clients avast program version and make them understand that every program will have problems sometime or the other they cant avoid going out without a AV.I disagree with you as even I install avast on client’s machine but before doing that I make some things very clear with them!
Avast team has already acknowledged this earlier,see here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=122132.msg931756#msg931756
Well,if there a problem with the program you put on their machines,you shouldnt be charging them because I myself dont :
Dont expect avast team to come to this topic and give you a special apology,they have better work :
When my clients are asking me to remove avast, I have to ask why.
Didnt you read my reply?? you are just blinding away the replies made to this topic…go back and read my reply properly.
@ true indian
You could not put it more politely and quietly? Irritation and rudeness will never help in work and debate.