I'm asking you to name me a bug which affects the FUNCTIONALITY of the program...
You are deflecting.........your argument is "200M people are right and the few issues on the Forum are not significant".
I've seen this said before......it's not a solid argument and insults folks....I would stop using it as a deflection/response.
The 200M is a statistic and they are all Avast9 ?.....really show me they are all Avast9....or are they combo of all versions ?
What do you define as "functionality"....you mean the virus protection ?....well sure, Avast9 covers you there.
Of course, if you have to turn off mail shields because yours doesn't work or you have to have user's do INI file updates for Proxy.....or if users can't use offline installer because of issues......or because with GUI installer you need to redo with clean install.....or GrimeFighter who many have tried and borked up their machines.....not to mention tons of posts on post install where systems are locked with driver load where only FRST cleanup of their system or O/S repair install solves.....I can go on and on......just read the Forum (you are a frequent poster)......BUT these aren't "functionality" in the way you are trying to deflect. However, in "my" world this is indication of risk until things settle out.
"MY" point is that software that is as important and what Avast represents should not have the type/scope of problems.
Again, this is my opinion.....clearly not yours nor the 200M friends of yours that everything is apparently perfectly fine with.
However, "MY" point is that there are enough issues for folks to go into this eyes wide open.....clean installs, etc.
It is also good for those folks to know what other software is in a state of non-ROI use...eg, AOS, GrimeFighter.
I am not trying to rain on the parade but the when the product is supposed to be stable and Advanced posters argue that it is....then they ask novice users to go try the BETA then this should be thought out more. The recommendation is for "BETA" software......by name it means that the "masses" have not seen it...sure is solves issues but what does is break ? ....and if the BETA is the solution to the current then by default the current revision has some progress to be made.
This is not productive.........and I'd rather not thrash on the subject anymore........