Free version just upgraded itself into Premioum through sequence of stupid deceptive dialogues. Why you people keep doing this bs? Seriously? First you remove the Custom install so I need to reboot twice and do manual removal of components I don’t need or want and now you just go ahead and pre-emptively activate premium even though I didn’t want it. Come on guys. This is stupid. Now I have to uninstall it again, do the whole thing all over again and uncheck the stupid premium features that got enabled by looking like it was just animation, but were apparently actual buttons that were enabling all this premium crap I don’t want or need.
For some time Avast Free has been showing Avast Premium installed (from the UI, Menu Option), but very recently it is correctly reporting I have Avast Free installed.
They have to release a new version each month even if there are no changes. Those AI SLOP changelogs are so bad and generic, a human should write them instead.
I’m not so sure about that.
I can recall the beta releases postings in the past reporting something new/fixed. That should at the very least have been in the new release information.
So after a rummage around this is one of the three beta release topics relating to 26.9 (xx.xx.xxxx).
Update of the software has created problem and now my internet connection does not work . It starts working only when I diable Avast. Repairing and re-installing has not corrected the problem This is horrible and I will never go ahead with Avast as there is no proper support for this problem
Hi @6virjay6 sorry to hear that. Let’s see if we can narrow it down.
Could you try disabling Web Guard, Real Site, and Firewall one at a time, and check which one restores your connection?
Also, what error message do you see in your browser when a website fails to load? Does the same thing happen in other browsers such as Edge or Firefox?
Sorry about this! Do you happen to remember which upgrade prompt you clicked on? Was it one of the post update screens that’s shown after update and reboot?
Any additional details would be appreciated. Thanks!
I don’t remember exactly, I installed Avast Free, then I went to Programs and Features to remove components I don’t want or need because custom installer isn’t an option anymore and after I did the changes and rebooted new kind of popup appeared with animated buttons which I thought were just animations but were apparently real buttons activating all the premium features and converting Free version to Premium trial without clearly asking or telling me what’s happening. I really don’t like such behavior. And Avast has been doing this a lot, doing sleazy and deceptive dialogs and activating things you don’t want.
What’s New
What Was Fixed
No confirmed fixes at the time of this release.
Known Issues
How to Install
Free Antivirus: https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_FREE
Free Antivirus: https://bits.avcdn.net/productfamily_ANTIVIRUS/insttype_FREE/platform_WIN/installertype_FULL/build_RELEASE
