I don’t know what may have caused you to receive the Pro version unless when registering you clicked on the wrong tab instead of stay with the free version.
Looks like you managed to fix the problem eventually, I did find your commentary very amusing though ;D
It is definitely not a selling/sales action by avast, the notification of the new version 8.0.1455 is quite obviously a bug and maybe part of the same problem that upgrades you to the Pro version :-\
If this is a bug it should be fixed immediately.
At the end it leaves users without protection.
Not all users know how to reinstall Avast.
This bug is big as a house.Fix it.