[Not Solved] Please stop autoupdating my Avast Pro 6 to version 7

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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As said, I will continue to use my Avast PRO 6 on 2 XP SP3 machines.

Today I was victim of a FORCED upgrade to version 7.

Please stop this.

:cry:

Edit: I had a fresh Ghost image so version 6 is already back, but please do not
repeat this, I repeat: Do not repeat this.
This is my computer…

Edit2: Just downloaded the manual VPS update. Didn’t run because of old version. What the heck have been done all of a sudden???

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As said, I will continue to use my Avast PRO 6 on 2 XP SP3 machines.
just curious, @curious why ?
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@Pondus: Nå er jeg fly forbanna. Kjøpte 2 års lisens for noen måneder siden.
Dette er utrolig dårlig gjort og jeg vil følge det opp.

Back to your question: (from some norwegian language comments):
On my 2 XP machines version 6 runs much smoother and is less bloated than 7.

I wouldn’t have buyed 7 on these because for me 6 is much better and less bloated
and not ‘work in progress’ as IMO 7 (is)/has been. The 6 version is so stable
and predictable as can be.

And for my own curiousity:
Why do this without any form of warning, end of life warnings a couple of
years before EOL. At this point Avast has much to learn from Avira and their
EOL-policy clearly written on their sites.

More curiousity from me:
Why no response from Avast?
I still choose to believe that this is a misunderstanding.
It can’t be true.:frowning:

Even the downloadable VPS update does not work, and I have a paid license of
a product released ONE year ago and can’t update it.

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The last stable version of v6 is still supported (6.0.1367). The previous versions are not, and install automatically the latest build of v7.

Thanks
Vlk

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Thanks for answer, but then I need a link to the supported PRO 6.0.1367. I am at 6.0.1289.

Thanks for letting me use my 2-year PRO licenses. :slight_smile:

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http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/11113/

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He needs the PRO version. :wink:

DJBone

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Thanks, but I need the PRO version.

Perhaps you can dig in your archives and send it to me. :slight_smile:

I have searched for it, but only a lot of warez sites. I have 2 valid PRO licenses.

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Once the license file is added it will become the Pro version.

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Are you sure about this, before I reimage my pc again.

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yes :slight_smile:

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I would also ask, are you sure? :slight_smile:
Once the license file is entered into avast! Free, the packages for the missing features are downloaded - and only the latest packages are on the servers, so this edition upgrade IMHO always updates the program to the latest available version simultaneously; it’s not possible to do and keep the old version.

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Thanks Igor for clarifying.
Could you or somebody from Avast send me a link to a supported 6 PRO version. Please.
:slight_smile:

Using MSE now for a whole day is enough, especially when having a valid license for Avast PRO

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Ah! didn’t know that, i only noticed the insert license file tab in the free version not knowing it would proceed to download the latest 7 files :-[ thanks for the update igor :slight_smile: