I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but here goes. I currently have the free version of Avast! 4 installed. I recently got a pop-up message to install the latest version, so I clicked on it. I have a dial-up connection, so it took about 3 1/2 hours to download it. When the download was complete there was no indication that it had worked, but I figured it was probably okay. No such luck. I got the same update message the next day, so I went to the site and downloaded the program so I could install it myself. After another 3 1/2 hours of downloading, when I clicked on the file to install it, I got a message to upgrade my operating system.
I have a ten-year-old computer, with Windows ME operating system. I can't afford to upgrade to a newer operating system because I'm disabled, which is why I use the free version of Avast! Will Avast! 4 no longer be supported? Since I can't afford to upgrade to a newer operating system am I going to lose virus protection?
Thanks in advance for your help.