I see that AVG Antvirus 8 is out, and I am pretty sure there is NO free edition. Wouldn’t this make avast! Home Edition the most popular free antivirus?
It’s still there: you just have to have the link.
They did the same thing with AVG Free for Linux some time ago.
I can’t find the free edition, all I can find is a free trial.
The new page doesn’t mention the free version (only the free trial) but the old page is still up:
Eh eh… seems that Grisoft is making a bad movement… hiding the free version ;D
A bad move for Grisoft is a good move for avast! ;D 
who really cares about AVG when you have the best Avast! ;D
I never cared much about AVG…
What I DO mind though are the rumours(?) that free AVG AS (ewido) won’t be around very long…
I never cared much about AVG...I don't either but it's good to have "free" competition around. It keeps [b]all[/b] vendor on their toes. ;D
Without competition, we may loose all “free” antivirus services.
It isn’t a rumour, AVG will become an anti-malware incorporating the anti-spyware (a.k.a. Ewido) into the anti-virus from version 8. From that point I don’t know how long support in the form of signature updates, etc. will be available for avg-as.
As I’d mentioned somewhere else here, AVG 8 has also “absorbed” the former free stand-alone anti-rootkit. And Grisoft has explicitly said they will no longer offer updates for (or support) the stand-alone version.
AVG 8 free edition will be available in the second quarter of 2008. It has an Anti-Virus / Anti-Spyware modul, but no Anti-Rootkit, no Webshield and only one update per day! :
AVG AS (Ewido) will be stopped!
I hope Alwil does not follow these steps… competition is good for freewares.
If avast become only a shareware (payed version), will we stay here in forums? ???
Dependant on the price - but I am sure that the forum will be well supported
For sure, I won’t be round… I’m here because avast is a freeware…
avg free or not, im sticking with Avast ;D
Me 2
With the introduction of AVG 8 Free, Avast will be the only free anti-malware that works on Windows OSs earlier than 2000/XP, and it’s already the only one that reliably scans IMAP email. I know it goes against-the-grain for many long-standing freeware users (me included) but the best strategy to keep Avast Home free might be to pay for it! :o (25% off this month!)
Why pay for Home version when its free? Or did you mean Pro version.