avast anti virus free edition

[ltienda37]

I AM TRYING TO UPGRADE TO THE NEWER VERSION OF THE FREE EDITION AND IT DOES NOTHING. I ALSO TRIED TO UNINSTALL AND KEEP GETTING A ERROR MESSAGE( ERROR READING PRODUCT DATA FROM PROGRAM FILES , SETUP CANNOT CONTINUE), AND IT WONT LET ME UNINSTALL IT..CAN ANYONE HELP WITH THIS PLEASE?

[Pondus]

using capital letters in forum is considered SHOUTING   



uninstall avast with this (run from from safe mode)  and reboot   http://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility
then install latest version  http://filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/