I use v7, it used to be 7.0.1466. I'm writing here because I know the devs read these forums.
This evening it decided (despite my Update Setting {PROGRAM>Manual}) to give me v9.0.2021. It was uninstalled exactly 30 seconds after reboot.
I use v7 for a reason: it is the latest version of Avast that least offends me. It is the latest version that can be described as "The virus-killer, the whole virus-killer, and NOTHING BUT the virus-killer".
I am not happy that despite using the installer for .1466 I now have .1506. However, I am going to be more than unhappy if ever I am lumbered with a v9 as a program update again. I do not want anything that looks like Symantec/Norton or MacAfee on my computer. I have never seen any multi-function center that works as advertised, but I have lots of single/mono-function apps which not only work as advertised but also exceed all claimed performance benchmarks--and most of those are 32-bit legacy apps.
Devs, please listen. I used to be an Opera fan... Until Opera tried to be a multi-function center, and then decided to ditch their very pleasing Presto engine. I used to use Adobe Reader until... I used to use Windows Media Player/Center until... I even tried MS Office until... (I now use Lotus SmartSuite.)
Look, I have nothing against current builds. But I am a minimalist. I like lean, fat-free performance-oriented programs. You develop a Lite version that does NOTHING except find and kill viruses, worms and trojans*, and I'll install it. The moment you add adware or PUPs or Kittens or Chickens, I uninstall. Simple, yes?
* Rootkits are specialised types of Trojans. They have the same delivery method, and the same activation method.
Gordon.