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peter50

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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2010, 01:33:30 AM »
can I suggest to leave avast 4 for users with old pcs?

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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2010, 01:39:54 AM »
You are missing something.

That's kinda surprising - because avast! 5 should be faster on slower machines than avast! 4.
What exactly is slow, and what is the machine config?


5 is lighter than 4. 

Going from 4 to 5 and getting some kind of tragic slowdown implies some kind of problem/conflict. 


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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2010, 01:45:30 AM »
When you changed from 4 to 5, did you use the Avast! Uninstall Utility to remove everything???
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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2010, 01:50:55 AM »
yes, i made a clean installation.

it runs slow. i tested it 2 times. worked good but my pc was more slow.

btw, the uninstall process from version 5 to 4 was really slow too.

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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2010, 01:54:03 AM »
For me, all uninstallation processes are slow.
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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #20 on: October 17, 2010, 01:59:45 AM »
no, uninstalling avast 4 is fast (1-3 minutes).

uninstalling avast 5 took +10 minutes in my pc (uninstalling the web shield component took 5 minutes. i thought that it was freezed at this point)

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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #21 on: October 17, 2010, 02:08:19 AM »
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Going from 4 to 5 and getting some kind of tragic slowdown implies some kind of problem/conflict. 



not tragic but it could be between 10% or 20% more slow, depending how old is your pc.

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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2010, 02:09:25 AM »
...And what is your resource of this information?
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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #23 on: October 17, 2010, 02:10:36 AM »
and the new graphics makes things worst (refresh rate, etc).

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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #24 on: October 17, 2010, 02:13:36 AM »
...And what is your resource of this information?

i tested it in 2 different old computers.

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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #25 on: October 17, 2010, 02:18:41 AM »
And why do you hate the slow down of CPU?
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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2010, 02:24:41 AM »
noo... i am very happy that avast 5 turned my computer in a turtle.

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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2010, 02:28:24 AM »
At least your protected. Firefox takes 3 minutes to load for me. ;D
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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #28 on: October 17, 2010, 02:31:01 AM »
Antiviruses are awesome if there free so think about how all that protection you get for free and the only bad thing is a 20% more slowdown.
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Re: STOP ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!!!
« Reply #29 on: October 17, 2010, 02:41:46 AM »
I was happy with avast 4 during years.

Now I feel that I am being forced to upgrade to 5 or bye bye avast?

if microsoft had made the same thing with xp forcing everybody to upgrade to vista, they could be in bankruptcy now.
« Last Edit: October 17, 2010, 02:46:10 AM by peter50 »