Is it safe?

[PennyKnight]

My avast! informed me its time to update, and I've been aware of this update for a few months now.
I've been reading the forum off and on, I'm aware of  some   lots of the problems.
But,,,


Is it safe?

[Rohugh]

I have been with Avast! 2014 since the beta days and apart from a few problems early on (to be expected)  I have had no trouble with it.  Of course reading these forums you are going to see the worst side of any new program as it is the place to air problems,  but by far and away the majority upgrade and run Avast! 2014 quite happily.

So yes,  upgrade now.

[Para-Noid]

Safer than going to that dentist! 

[PennyKnight]

Safer than going to that dentist! 

That's NOT a Dentist....

***EDIT***
Christian Szell character was a Dentist.

[Pondus]

Safer than going to that dentist! 

from the movie Marathon Man.   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074860/?ref_=nv_sr_1
recomended if not seen.   

[Arnold72]

With sir lawrence olivier and Dustin Hoffman.

[PennyKnight]

With Sir Lawrence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman.

But,,,

IS IT SAFE?

[CraigB]

But,,,

IS IT SAFE?

Works fine here and for the millions of others that don't respond on this forum

"Note" posting in capitals is regarded as shouting

[schmidthouse]

Ah, Life is never SAFE, it is Savored!
As far as the latest version of Avast, there are not guarantees in life or Software but I can say all works fine on both MY xpSP3 and Windows 8.1

[abruptum]

Definitive answer is maybe.

[PamJ]

I agree with abruptum...a big, huge, definite maybe.

[PennyKnight]

I believe the correct answers are:
"I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically what you're talking about"

Which can possibly lead to:
"Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it."

Or,,,
"No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful"

Geesh.....


Look HERE>  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074860/quotes?item=qt0247572

[CraigB]

I agree with abruptum...a big, huge, definite maybe.

How so there's around 200,000,000 users and how many do you see here with complaints ? very few would be the answer.

Even if the user base was dropped to 1 million there is still less than 50 people I've seen here with actual problems and not some issue they themselves have caused by playing around with thing they don't understand

[CraigB]

I believe the correct answers are:
"I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically what you're talking about"
Which can possibly lead to:
"Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it."
Or,,,
"No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074860/quotes?item=qt0247572

Geesh.....

Forget the question of "is it safe" the correct question would be is it stable and imo yes but you never know to you try it yourself as there are millions of different system configurations, so make an image of your system first then install avast and test for yourself

[PamJ]

Craigb, she asked if it was safe, and I should have said it's probably "safe," but it's definitely a huge "maybe" on not having issues (some major) with the upgrade.

Saying that only a few people are on here complaining compared to how many are using it, well, how many are just dropping avast! and going with something else, never to even come to the forum? Who knows. Anyway, it's always a "maybe" on whether there will be issues with an upgrade because there are more different combinations of computer systems, programs, and experience levels of people using them than we can count. It seems to me, though, that this particular program upgrade is having more than its share of problems.