^ security centre is completely unreliable. there are always problems with that thing not even recognising fully functional AV/FW software. If you need security centre to tell you that something is amiss on your computer then you better check your priorities.

the pop ups have stopped coz i un-installed it and replaced it with something much less annoying. a while ago i observed avast connecting to weird and wonderful ip addresses in strange countries. there was actually a thread on this forum (not started by me) but no clear explanation has come forward.

now i get bombarded with pop ups for a month. where in the license agreement does it say that i allow avast to spam me?