(LOL) Avast! 5 Already registered???

[Sartigan]

After downloading the new avast! 5 and installing it, I saw that avast! 5 is already registered WTF
How to fix it?

(Some registration info:)
Expires: 2010. 09. 01. 01:00
Regestered on: 2009. 09. 01. 01:00

Can anyone help?

[Shiw Liang]

Stop saying bad words lolz!
Oh what previous version of avast did you have?

If you just uninstalled it from control panel then yes it is normal to be like that for the previous version of avast 5 but for avast 4.8 I am not that sure of it!

[DavidR]

If you already had avast 4.8 installed and installed 5.0 over the top of it, then it will retain the registration information from 4.8 so it can be used in 5.0.

So you shouldn't need to register and nothing to fix. Your copy is registered for another 5 months, I guess that was what remained of the 4.8 registration period.

[Asyn]

The first one, who complains his avast is! registered...

[Sartigan]

If you already had avast 4.8 installed and installed 5.0 over the top of it, then it will retain the registration information from 4.8 so it can be used in 5.0.

So you shouldn't need to register and nothing to fix. Your copy is registered for another 5 months, I guess that was what remained of the 4.8 registration period.

Oh, so it's from the 4.8?
Because I have installed avast! 5 over 4.8

OK, I didn't know, thank you

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[DavidR]

If you already had avast 4.8 installed and installed 5.0 over the top of it, then it will retain the registration information from 4.8 so it can be used in 5.0.

So you shouldn't need to register and nothing to fix. Your copy is registered for another 5 months, I guess that was what remained of the 4.8 registration period.

Oh, so it's from the 4.8?
Because I have installed avast! 5 over 4.8

OK, I didn't know, thank you

You're welcome.

It was there to try and make the update as painless as possible by retaining the original registration. When you get close to that renewal date you should get a notification. Now you can re-register using the avastUI whilst on-line and no need to wait for an email.