AIS2014 Trial after months of AIS2013 expired

[dbrisendine]

Just wanted to know if there is any way to trial the new AIS2014 for the 30 day period?  I can download and install the program fine but the trial license / server query changes my days from 30 to 0 immediately.  I used to have a 1 year license to AIS2013 that expired in April and have been using a different product since then (I did uninstall Avast and run the avast_clear tool at that time) but I want to return to Avast now.  I want to test the new version for compatibility with the programs I run now and can not get the trial to run at all.

Are old customers not allowed to try out newer versions of your product since we had a previous version installed at one time in the past?     Is there a different tool that needs to be run to clean the old license traces out? 

[DavidR]

There are obviously measure in place to prevent people continually using the trial version.

So that may well be what you are bumping into; as for another tool to erase that record, I rather doubt that as it would mean the measure to prevent this would be pointless.

Remember if you purchase avast Internet Security, you have 30 days in which to seek a refund if it isn't compatible, etc. Other than this I don't know of any other means to get round this issue.

[REDACTED]

Are old customers not allowed to try out newer versions of your product

Have you considered trying the free version?  Yes, it doesn't have every feature, but you could get a good feel for the current version's operating characteristics.

What does the paid version offer that you feel you need?

-Noel

[dbrisendine]

Thanks for the replies. I understand the need for blocking continuous trial usage but different versions should actually let one try them out once.  As to trying the free version, it does not have a firewall, spam blocker / filter and has extra popups about the additional product offerings (which will interrupt the programs I need to check on so I know there is no reason to even install the Free version).

Shame as I actually wanted to see how much this version interferes with some malware scanners I work with.  And the search continues............

[DavidR]

What malware scanners are you working with ?

The only real issue is with multiple resident AV scanners (which isn't recommended), the likes of MalwareBytes AntiMalware generally aren't an issue.

[dbrisendine]

Malware Removal scanners (OTL, FRST and others along with some that I am working on myself); so, no nothing that is resident protection.  I know that Avast! is fine with most but with the newer modules in the 2014 / 2015 versions there may be some "side affects" that come into play; I need to know about that to do the work that I would like to do (volunteer Malware Removal).

I thought that Avast had changed their licensing scheme so that a user gets a trial of each version once and then you either buy a license or remove the product.  Kaspersky does this and so do others; you can trial the 2013 version (of any of their AV products [Antivirus, Internet Security or Premier {whatever it is called}] but once that trial is over you can not trial any of the other 2013 products; you have to purchase a license for the 2013 line product you want to use.  But a person could trial the 2014 version (until the trial period runs out on that version / product; then the same applies to the 2014 line products).

[Asyn]

Malware Removal scanners (OTL, FRST and others along with some that I am working on myself);

No problems with OTL and FRST.

[dbrisendine]

Thanks for info! 

[Asyn]

You're welcome.