Still using 4.8

[bikeman]

I'm still on 4.8 - it was only when I visited the Avast website to get my annual key that I found out about 5.0.

I have program updates turned on so why was Avast not upgraded automatically?

Do I have to uninstall 4.8 before installing 5.0?

Am I protected if I just stay at 4.8?

Thanks

[Gopher John]

http://support.avast.com/index.php?languageid=1&group=eng&_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=455#idt_03

An overinstall should detect Avast 4 and remove it when installing Avast 5.  It did for me, but some others reported problems.

[Hermite15]

yes you're still protected with 4.8, but you get a better product with 5.0 obviously. Don't upgrade directly, uninstall 4.8, reboot, and then install 5.0, that's the safer way.

[DavidR]

I'm still on 4.8 - it was only when I visited the Avast website to get my annual key that I found out about 5.0.

I have program updates turned on so why was Avast not upgraded automatically?
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There isn't a direct update path through the avast 4.8 GUI to avast 5.0, so if you tried a manual program update it would say you have the latest version (of avast 4.. With over 100 million avast users there is a rolling update notification so you should have been notified, probably through the iNews information in due course.

[Asyn]

1. Do I have to uninstall 4.8 before installing 5.0?
2. Am I protected if I just stay at 4.8?

1. No.
2. Yes, but not that good...
asyn