Biozz750,
1. Ignore YoKenny...
2. The popups.
I personally haven't experienced them myself (free version, and just renew when it says - because it is free, but not relevant here.) but I understand what you mean about the popups.
(Assuming that the showing of the popups is correct)
I think I have seen another thread or two, and remember similar comments...I think that avast has it set this way to prevent the possibility of the license running out and you being protected. They are trying to insure that at some point it is seen by you.
I also think there is a issue in the way that the licenses work, in that it is valid from the day of purchase, so you could potentially loose time (though IIRC that may not be the case if you do it though the GUI popups)
I agree that it should not be shown so often and especially not in full screen circumstances (like films etc.)
Perhaps if it was coded so that once closed (i.e. so that it knows that you have seen it) reduce the amount of times etc. I don't know...
3. The comment on detection.
I can't really comment myself on detection, and wouldn't even try to. However, one small point. It may seem that essexboy is fixing loads of machines with avast, but here pretty much everyone uses avast so it may not me a fair representation. (essexboy would know best about current detection etc...I am probably one of the worst to comment on it for various reasons
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4. Your comment on avast connecting to other IPs...I have two thoughts on that (depending on your observations)
All traffic is routed through AvastSVC.exe so it would appear that avast is connecting where it may be a browser etc.
Some of the avast servers are in various places around the world (for speed, redundancy, etc. i guess) and that could be what you were seeing (IIRC this would be AvastUI.exe
Scott