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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2011, 12:03:12 PM »
confirming Brothersoft is a site to avoid ;)

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2011, 12:38:24 PM »
Brothersoft ??! Are you kidding ? The site is known for hosting malware.
And some good pirated and cracked versions ;D
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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2011, 01:40:35 PM »
The download link for the free edition is not working at the following page:

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

If anyone from Alwin monitors this forum, I thought you might want to know this so that the link can be fixed.

The download links for the Professional edition and AIS both work.
Off topic wouldn't cure the fact that the site still hasn't been fixed.  :o
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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2011, 02:24:32 PM »
Why are they using Brothersoft for the Free download ???

They promised to get rid of the malware there: ???
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60170.msg511138#msg511138

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2011, 03:37:33 PM »
I have just been informed that this is a problem with the latest Google Chrome developers Build and,
It may take some time before it's resolved.
The advice is to use a stable build of Chrome or any one of the other browser when visiting:
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2011, 04:12:21 PM »
Not true. I am on the stable build and the download link doesn't work. It works if i click on the Pro version and IS but not the Free version. Infact i keep finding things that don't work at all with Chrome on avast! page. Every single tab i click doesn't work.

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2011, 04:22:27 PM »
Correction, it's working now. Had to allow google-analytics in NotScripts and it's fine now...


EDIT: Confirmed, if i block google-analytics from avast! page then it doesn't work anymore...
« Last Edit: January 03, 2011, 04:24:24 PM by Darth.Mikey »

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #22 on: January 03, 2011, 04:23:52 PM »
Correction, it's working now. Had to allow google-analytics in NotScripts and it's fine now...
But not in the latest developers build.
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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #23 on: January 03, 2011, 06:34:29 PM »
Correction, it's working now. Had to allow google-analytics in NotScripts and it's fine now...
But not in the latest developers build.


It's still not working in Firefox 3.6.13 or IE8. I'd consider these mainstream browsers.  :)

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #24 on: January 03, 2011, 06:37:30 PM »
it works fine in FF4, analytics blocked or not. The issue is most likely a bug in "NotScripts" extension for Chrome.

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #25 on: January 03, 2011, 07:35:11 PM »
it works fine in FF4, analytics blocked or not. The issue is most likely a bug in "NotScripts" extension for Chrome.

Your reference to Google Analytics jarred my memory. I was so fed up with these that I changed my hosts file to redirect Google Analytics requests to the local host bit bucket (127.0.0.1). That would explain why it affects every browser on my system. I suppose I can undo this and see what happens...
« Last Edit: January 03, 2011, 07:41:13 PM by rwaters »

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #26 on: January 03, 2011, 07:50:03 PM »
just experienced this problem myself a while ago, i just had to remove www.google-analytics.com from my hphosts hostsfile to be able to download avast free from www.avast.com

some info http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2065

although i dont remember wich browser i used at that time.

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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #27 on: January 03, 2011, 07:50:48 PM »
If your using the latest developers build of Google's Chrome browser,
it makes no difference what you try, it doesn't work.
Use the last stable build and your fine provided you're not blocking analytics.
Or, use any of the other browsers.
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Re: Avast Free Edition download link not working
« Reply #28 on: January 03, 2011, 08:03:38 PM »
just experienced this problem myself a while ago, i just had to remove www.google-analytics.com from my hphosts hostsfile to be able to download avast free from www.avast.com

some info http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2065

although i dont remember wich browser i used at that time.

Removing the Google Analytics redirects from my hosts file "fixed" the problem for me. I made those edits to my hosts file a long time ago (so long ago that I had forgotten about it), but I've never had any site refuse to follow an internal link as a result. I may leave the redirects out for now but I really don't like Google tracking me like this. Call me paranoid if you like...

Sorry for sending everyone on a wild goose chase.