hello rocksteady. the story behind why i wanted to get this program is because for some inexplicable reason my old anti virus, norton has decided to part ways in partnering with comcast. for several years norton has protected me 100%. but anyways, for now i will keep the free version until i decide maybe to buy anti virus software in a store or find another way. thanks again for your help. cheers.
UPDATE- ive uninstlled it for now. going back using defender. whether or not ill go back using avast is up in the air.
p.s. this forum's captcha code stinks.
cheers