LOL Straight, welcome to a forum i'm not banned on. (yet)
Anyway, I sent in a large amount of samples on I believe Friday as well, and have not heard back yet either. So I believe they are out of the office this weekend, understandable, it is a Holiday after all.
Avast is a solid product, and there are many fans working to make it better too, and this forum easily has one of the best communities you'll find anywhere (well, next to the 250k member one I plant my boots in
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Its funny, I keep uninstalling Avast, and installing other AVs, then eventually re-install Avast all over again because I miss it.. Its like some wierd "Friend" you come to depend on, and want to see everyday when you login to your computer.