It always amazes me how a few folks who have a problem always try to scare the majority.
It also amazes me how dismissive people are that there
are problems.
I am not saying that there aren't folks that work well......but unlike the folks commenting in the forums I am not dismissive there are problems.
The same logic should apply that while some people don't have problems that some people do.
So, the real question......instead of this BS argument.......becomes how significant are those issues ?
So, it becomes each person's opinion of the risk versus reward.
Just read the Forum posts and judge.....I am.
The standard answers are: "do a clean install", do FRST to remove Avast.
So, the poster asked if they dare....my opinion.....yes, my opinion, is to wait and see....I'm also not alone on this opinion.
Avast9 is not just a "tweak" by Avast Team own admission it is a big rewrite added with a lot of new software/tools.
It has gotten better but IMHO it still offers a lot of risk......perhaps a turn or two it will be more solid.
Giving the answer that all is well because 200M people have jumped off the bridge and only few insignificant people post problems that are not issues is a dismissive comment........pure and simple.
The new version always protect you better than old versions even if the older versions are receiving VPS updates.
This is also not necessarily ture.
Not comparing Avast to others but Avast8 to Avast 9......Avast 8 was ranked higher in protection.
Avast8:
http://www.av-test.org/no_cache/en/tests/test-reports/?tx_avtestreports_pi1%5Breport_no%5D=133160Avast9:
http://www.av-test.org/no_cache/en/tests/test-reports/?tx_avtestreports_pi1%5Breport_no%5D=134923