Update to the new release

[system]

Hello all, a simple question.
To update to the new release 4.6.731 from the old 4.6.691, do I have to unistall the old program before installing the new, or can I overwrite the old one?
Thanks

[system]

Hi, simply right click the ‘a’ ball in the system tray (next to the clock) and select ‘updating’>‘program update’ in the pop-up menu.

HTH.

[system]

My update worked fine, cause I installed it with an admin account.
I never had software update for automatic install.

But it would not have worked with XP limited user account?
Just a curious question what might have happened in that case?

Jarmo

[Lisandro]

@filzam post:1

To update to the new release 4.6.731 from the old 4.6.691, do I have to unistall the old program before installing the new, or can I overwrite the old one?

No, avast updates are incremental and could (should) be runned over the previous installation. No trouble.

@Jarmo P post:3

But it would not have worked with XP limited user account?

It does not work on limited user accounts. Only virus database could be updated from a limited user account.