How often avast 4 Pro gets updates during trial period?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I just started using avast! 4 Pro trial, and like its features much. :slight_smile:
Not bad to use for two months for free :slight_smile: Well, I have some concerns though.

  1. Does avast 4 Pro trial get updates during trial period?
  2. How often do avast users get updates?
    I started using avast 4 Pro three days ago, but I got only one program update ::slight_smile:

Thanks for advising.

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There is no difference in updating between trial and ā€œfullā€ version.

ā€œProgramā€ updates are not that frequent - usually one update each month (a bigger update is going to take place soon, so it took a few months this time).
ā€œVirus databaseā€ updates are released according to current needs. Usually, there are two updates a week, but if a new thread appears, the update is released immediately.

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Wow, thant is a fast response. ;D

My question is more directed to the virus database update you mentioned. I was a long time user of Trend Micro PC-cillin. Due to the fact that Trend Micro is making PC-cillin another so-called all-in-one security suite, I left them. Some more reasons for the leave but there are not very relevant here.

Some more questionsā€¦
3. How frequent would you think the updates released by the avast compared to those of other popular anti-virus programs? I have not tried/used many anti-virus programs since for the past few years I was using Trend Micro.

  1. avast virus database update and user intervention
    Using PC-cillin for long certainly got me certain habits of thinking. PC-cillin updates its program and virus database on interval bases, as short as three hours. With Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2004 I was getting 2-3 updates per day. But of course, Trend Micro updates might have contained database updates for PC-cillin anti-spam, firewall and more - none of those I used.

My question is this. as for avast, is it true that avast updates its program and virus database silently whenever it is available without userā€™s intervention.

Thanks a lot.

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Yes,avast! updates its virus defs fully automatically,but program updating is set to warn you about new version (this is default,but you can set to automatic in avast! settings too).

I would suggest VPS updates on mondays,wednesdays and fridays,but current 2-3 updates/week are enough for now (they do release more updates per day if needed)

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There have been occasions that 2 iVAS updates are released in the same day. I would much rather see a release as required rather than to any artificial schedule.

The PC-cillin may check every three hours, but I would doubt it is actually updated every three hours.

avast! checks when you first connect to the internet (if on dial-up) and then every 4 hours if you remain connected. So technically avast! has updates every 4 hours (if one is required).

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Sureā€¦ Welcome to the paradise.
You can set your update period into avast4.ini file.
See ā€˜Settingsā€™ on my signature and browse for section [InetWD] :wink:

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ha, I was just given a free subscription to PC-cillinā€™s latest package by Trend Micro. Iā€™ll add it to my collection of software I get given that I never use :0)

Welcome to using Avast. Avast really does give you peace of mindā€¦