I just installed the Avast FREE 2014. I believe when I was installing I clicked on Register (but did not have to input any info). Now when I click on the Avast icon lower right of screen and click on “Registration Information” I see a screen that says “You are registered.” And that my expiration is 8/11/2015. Is that possible if I did not input my name or email account? I thought I had to input my name and email account in order to be registered?
And that i would get a “license number” or something like that that I would have to input somewhere.
What am I doing (or have done) wrong?
Am I registered or not? How can Avast determine when my registration expires if they don’t know who I am?
P.S. I did a Quick Scan and it took 60 minutes. That is much longer than other AV Quick Scans I have run. Why would it take 60 minutes?
Please advise.
P.S. It is so very, very hard to read the verification numbers. I had to try and try again.
The verification is only needed for you first 3 posts.
It seems to me that you have/had other av(s) installed.
Make sure you have removed it (them) completely.
Uninstall through control panel is not enough.
Tools/instructions on how to completely remove a av: http://www.ache.nl > malware? > remove (old) av
60 minutes is not all that long for a quick scan.
The time depends a lot on the settings you have.
e.g. Content or not, all file or not, rootkit scan or not etc. etc.
Thank you. If I was using Trial version why did I get that message saying I was registered for one year? I went to the site you mentioned to register and it mailed me a registration code, but it then tells me to go to Settings / Registration and click on offline. But there is no Register Offline on that page. It just shows the same screen I originally had (which is the image below). What is happening?
What happens in one year? How can Avast notify me if they do not have my email address. How will I know when my registration is about to expire?
I am getting very confused.
You will get a notification closer to the time from within the program when you need to re-register. The Registration section in your image also changes (with 30 days to go) to allow you to re-register.
Therefore, according to the image I posted above showing “You Are Registered,” means I have to do nothing else and that I can use this Avast for the next year, even though I have not sent my email and/or "license key’ to Avast? #1- Is that correct?(
#2- Has anyone else heard of this happening before?
#3- I hope I do not have the Trial version, as mentioned in one of the posts.)
#4- Does Avast update automatically? If so, can I switch to manual updating?
#5- BTW: If I wanted to install the Avast FREE on my other computer, which would be the correct site to download the Avast FREE from?
