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I feel your pain. I have a paid subscription and diligently update the software whenever Avast requested it. This last upgrade caused my Outlook not to work. They changed some settings that originally allowed it to work just fine. When I called support they told me the only way that they would fix the problem they caused was if I paid them $180.
What was once a good company to work with has become completely disreputable. It happens. Too bad. Probably some new ruthless management trying to hold their current customer base hostage. These little minds often kill a company before the company is able to regain its sanity. I have seen company after company perish after instituting unscrupulous tactics like this. Luckily, there are plenty of excellent competitors out there. 