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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: NomDeKeyz on September 18, 2012, 12:50:25 AM

Title: Simple Update Question
Post by: NomDeKeyz on September 18, 2012, 12:50:25 AM

So, it seems that there is more than one way to update avast!

1. blue pop-up
2. right click on tray tool
3. summary>current status
4. maintenance
5. programs and features
6. something I haven't discovered yet?

Which is the recommended way to update? (least glitch potential)
(BTW, I have windows 7x64, if that has any bearing on the answer)

Thanks in advance for answering this simpleton. ~Nom

[Also, IF anyone knows the date of the next expected update, I'd much like to know. Thankyou]

Title: Re: Simple Update Question
Post by: CharleyO on September 18, 2012, 04:46:40 AM

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The best way to update is to enable automatic updates.


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Title: Re: Simple Update Question
Post by: NomDeKeyz on September 18, 2012, 06:17:05 AM

Oh. Shucks.
I don't like to do it that way because I like to peek in the forums and see if a glitch happened to others before I follow suit.
I've been glitched twice now. Nothing major. I'm still hesitant to update to this version, but I may anyway, via blue pop-up.

Thanks anywho!

Sorry to be a bother over such a minute querry. ~Nom

Title: Re: Simple Update Question
Post by: CraigB on September 18, 2012, 06:41:33 AM

If your talking about program updates then you will have to monitor the forum for those as there released every few months or more, best to set program updates to ask ( default ) and vps updates to auto.

Title: Re: Simple Update Question
Post by: NomDeKeyz on September 18, 2012, 06:54:47 AM

Thankyou craigb,

That's what I have done. I do check in on the forums typically too.

It's hard to track the conflicts of others when I'm not able to visit the forums in a timely manner following an update.
I still have version 7.0.1456; I may wait until the next version to update; I like to update everything together-ish.

Thanks and Cheers!

 ~Nom

Title: Re: Simple Update Question
Post by: CraigB on September 18, 2012, 07:34:55 AM

Your welcome :)

7.0.1466 is a good release so it would be wise to update to the newer version.

Title: Re: Simple Update Question
Post by: NomDeKeyz on September 18, 2012, 08:56:36 AM

OK, TY; I'll do it first thing the next time I turn my computer on. G'night and Cheers! ~Nom

Title: Re: Simple Update Question
Post by: CraigB on September 18, 2012, 08:58:22 AM

NP's and Goodnight :)