i was going to install 5.0 for 29.99 then when my free pro ran out the price went to 59.00 so i will pay for another product just out of principle even if it i more
And that helps us how exactly?
Or do you have the same problem perhaps? If so, then there’s at least the three of us…
and btw Pro is still 29.98, until the 5th: http://www.avast.com/lp-upgrade-4-5-paid
I really like Avast and want to use the v5, but I’ll go back to v4.8 and wait until v5 becomes more stable. I hope that happens soon. The v4.8 works perfectly. 
Hey, you might be interested to know that I managed to fix the problem with my Avast
At first I did a reinstall, but it didn’t help, so this time what I did was:
- download the Avast Removal Tool
- run the tool from Windows in Safe Mode and uninstall Avast
- reinstall Avast in a different directory
And now it works perfectly, no shields down since yesterday
Cheers
Update:
It does not work perfectly yet… It still happens, just much less often. It happened once during the night. I don’t yet know if it was any event which triggered it (the comp didn’t go to sleep, it was just locked).
Thank you, but that din’t convince me. I don’t know why Avast team didn’t review files I sent them. I’ll wait with v5 until 4.8 is not supported anymore. And if at that time v5 won’t work properly I’ll have to switch to Avira. I hope that won’t happen, because I love avast AV. We’ll see…
Yeah, my problem is back, the shields have stopped again today. If it continues I’m reinstalling 4.8 if it’s still possible…
oh, wait, there’s a new build, then I guess I’ll try that first…