we can only hope there is going to be big much needed improvment
And ya' know, when someone speaks to me I at least acknowledge that words have been uttered, Alwil team ...
Unfortunately Alwil's lack of participation has only gotten worse over the past year.
They used to be a regular part of this forum that no longer seems the case.
Space alone does not make for a good support forum. It takes active participation. 
i have been in this forum for the past few months ..before i used to think avast evanglists wher staff members..but after davidr told me that its not like that i wonder
this has become a totally avast independent forum with the title "avast forums"
and for some one like me who makes it a point extract all files which avg anti-spyware detects [and avast does not detect ]....send it to virustotal for analysis ..mail the sample to avast .with the virustotal analysis.and and added comments..
it almost makes my furious that
1>there is no detection of the sample for months together
2>no way of finding out if the sample rached them or not..
gee i am thinking to switch to bit defender after i get more RAM