What Frank said -- Avast really is good. For me so far, it's annual re-registration has been painless. BTW, I find it helpful to run three other freeware routines after running Avast -- Spybot, Malwarebytes, and CCleaner (OK, maybe not so much CCleaner, as, absent expert advice [not mine], it can toss the good with the unwanted from your registry). 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If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you. _____ From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Frank Aronson (Gmail) Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:01 AM To: 'Kiernan G-S'; 'David F. Farkas' Cc: 'hidden-discuss' Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Avast They used to just let you have it, now they need you to re-register annually. If that is too much of a bother, there are other viable alternatives (Microsoft Security Essentials, Panda Cloud Anti-virus to name a couple). I still like Avast as free option (it's one of the best), but they do have that registration. Good luck, Frank From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Kiernan G-S Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:24 AM To: David F. Farkas Cc: hidden-discuss Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Avast David, The free version makes you register on install and then once a year after that. If the automatic registration is not working you can register online here:http://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php and you will receive an email with a code. Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill Green Earth Computers www.greenearthpc.us <http://www.greenearthpc.us/> kiernan at greenearthpc.us 413-282-TECH Follow Me: <http://www.facebook.com/greenearthpc> Facebook <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kiernangs> LinkedIn <http://www.twitter.com/greenearthpc> Twitter On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:15 PM, David F. Farkas <david at farkas.com> wrote: ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. Hi mavens... I know several of you use Avast free version and I've been using it without problems for quite a while. Now they are saying I need to register or upgrade to paid. 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