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Title: Return to Avast free version 8
Post by: brinuk on October 31, 2013, 06:20:11 PM
I would like to return to Avast Free version 8 until the missing taskbar icon and the desktop icon problem is resolved. How do i do this please?
Title: Re: Return to Avast free version 8
Post by: schmidthouse on October 31, 2013, 06:34:54 PM
Quote from: brinuk on October 31, 2013, 06:20:11 PM
I would like to return to Avast Free version 8 until the missing taskbar icon and the desktop icon problem is resolved. How do i do this please?

This may help:
 http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/history/ (http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/history/)  :)
Title: Re: Return to Avast free version 8
Post by: abruptum on October 31, 2013, 06:41:00 PM
Use FileHippo Mirror link.
 http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/download/0c203d8e8244458c5da81998eb76f523/
Title: Re: Return to Avast free version 8
Post by: mchain on October 31, 2013, 06:51:23 PM
Quote from: abruptum on October 31, 2013, 06:41:00 PM
Use FileHippo Mirror link.
 http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/download/0c203d8e8244458c5da81998eb76f523/
Works for me.  Thanks.  Reason it is good is because filehippo has a habit of linking the newest version to the Download Version Link as below attached .jpg screenshot even tho one clicks the one for version 8.0.1497.  Clicking the Mirror Link gets one the correct file.

To prevent automatic updating to the newest version see the second .jpg setting one must make to ensure that this does not happen:
Title: Re: Return to Avast free version 8
Post by: brinuk on November 02, 2013, 04:52:42 PM
Given that in my avast 9 the tasbar icon is not present and the user interface is not available (desktop icon does nothing). Is avast 9 actually protecting my computer and is it updating?
Title: Re: Return to Avast free version 8
Post by: Para-Noid on November 02, 2013, 05:35:20 PM
Try a clean install...

http://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avastclear.exe

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=138753.msg1013528#msg1013528