Thank you ~Sky~. I tried your suggestion first because it was easier and quicker. After following your instructions, it promptly reverted back to installing avast 7. When I tried updating it from within avast, it only updated to avast 7 and not 8. I finally managed to re-download the program (the 30 day variety) install and insert my license file. It has now restored it so that the problem is fixed. Thanks again. Spoudason