Welcome again, users in Iran and Cuba!

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi all,

I’m glad to announce that we finally managed to legally offer Avast in Iran and Cuba. This was a long process as these countries are still subject to certain international sanctions - but we’re now free to do it.

And of course, the Avast products are available in the local languages as well (Farsi and Spanish).

Please, help us spread the word if you have any connections to those countries, as we’re one of a very few “Western” vendors who managed to get all the paperwork done and can offer a security product in those countries. I’m genuinely looking forward to (re)building our user base in those countries soon.

Thanks!
Vlk

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Wow, that is good news :slight_smile:

Greetz, Red.

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Congratulations to you Vlk with getting these important markets back.
I wish that Avast may thrive further globally and also the cordial Avast family. :slight_smile:

Also great that our good friend Omid Farhang can again fully enjoy Avast AV.

polonus

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I’ve already alerted him via Skype. :slight_smile:

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Posted in the Spanish Forum already.

Thanks Vlk.

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Congratulations to Vlk and to all avast team for this amazing job. We all hope that in the future Avast can get even more countries to install this amazing antivirus called Avast. I have few friends who are from Iran to spread this word.

Job well done Avast :slight_smile:

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Congratulations for all hard work hidden behind such good news!
Omid, come back!

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:o OK, China blocked avast how to do?

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A long way journey pal…

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Congratulations to avast team for achieving re-entrance to those countries.

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No … avast! Want to give up China? :cry:

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Sorry but you are totally wrong and apparently misinformed. :o

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It has nothing to do with avast, but the Great Chinese Firewall blocking access.

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Hi DavidR,

The procedure to follow is migrate to a server or servers that haven’t be blocked by Chinese authorities, the other procedures are vary tedious and not always succesfull. Mind that also various links may be frowned upon as China blocks Google and all the apps from Google channels, so there you have to use Chinese native equivalents.
The official way is described here: http://www.chinalawandpractice.com/Article/1692561/Channel/7576/Software-Licensing-and-Use-Restrictions.html

polonus

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I know the procedure, but the comment is directed to Winderin, who feels it is avast giving up on China.

You could be chassing your tail trying to keep up with the firewall blocking.

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::slight_smile: Ok…I know China Great Firewall blocked avast!. However, this issue must avast come forward to resolve. :-\

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I’m sorry, may I expression unclear. :o

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Hi Winderin,

I also hope sincerely that China Mainland Authorities will open China to Avast again.
What DavidR says with his UK expression is that trying to get an unblocked server is a long and tiresome process, and one would feel afterwards like a dog that is chasing its tal (狗搖頭擺尾).

polonus

P.S. Here I see no problem: http://www.shuxun.net/index.asp (Shanghai)

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Don’t block the entity that’s being blocked but persuade the party doing the blocking.
Unless China stops the block. there isn’t anything that Avast can do. Very simple to understand.

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Hi bob3160,

The Chinese primairy blocking reason is one of sheer protectionism (not unknown to some Americans too :wink: and it pays:

China is keeping YouTube out because it has its own domestic video sites – Tudou and Youku – and it wants them to grow and prosper. Youku just made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange and is now worth around $5 billion.
Google’s departure has hugely benefited Baidu and now Alibaba, which has pushed the US giant into third place in the Chinese market.
Read: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/malcolmmoore/100070017/why-does-china-block-foreign-websites/ link article author = Malcolm Moore (Shanghai Correspondent). So they probably aren’t blocking Qihoo. :smiley:

Damian