1) I am not using the console so I cannot trigger these updates.
2) The setup_av_bp.exe does not have an upgrade feature. I can reinstall which seems to work and requires a reboot but it looses all of my Avast settings (scheduled scans, password protection, ...) and I have to reenter them.
3) The Avast Net system service does not get installed correctly. This appears to be because the default install directory has changed from 'program files\alwil...' to 'program files\AVAST...' so I end up with a defined system service for Avast Net Client that won't start since the path has changed.
<rant>I don't know why in this day and age, this stuff is not more automatic. Ugh. The license key entered should cause the software to do whatever it needs to do. And why does the BP Console app need a full blown SQL Server Express to keep track of a few machines when a simple database library would suffice.</rant>