The official answer is October, 2009.
We will have a beta period before (probably, August and September).
The antivirus part will be free and have a paid version.
The firewall (suite: antivirus + firewall) will be only released as a paid version, i.e., we won't have a free firewall.
Hi Tech,
the new Avast! still have the need to activate every 12/14 months?
Because its a little anoing to have it expired, IMHO it should renew the key automaticaly, like Avira.
I`m not comparin the two of them, but this functionality is a lot better in Avira.
Thanx