Guest Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Today I went to the Avast! website to give their free anti-virus a shot. Anyway, when I navigated to the free download section I clicked on the link and was presented with a sort of pop up screen prompting me to purchase Avast! Internet Security 6. I chose to not purchase this and clicked on the button saying that I would like free protection instead. However, when I clicked it there was no response and after clicking it ten times I clicked on the close button in the pop up and that gave no response either. Am I simply a failure at downloading free anti-virus or is Avast! trying to push sales on unwitting customers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted April 16, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2011 Seems OK to me - the 'Do you want to Upgrade?' box closed first time and took me to the free download (I didn't download it though, as I already have it). I should have another go at it. It's a great AV, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted April 16, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2011 I wonder which browser you're using. I've just tried their free download button, and with Opera I can't close down that pop up window at all. If you still have a problem, use this download link from FileHippo, a reputable site. http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/ And +1 to Augeas, I use it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 fwiw, I just tried ie8, Opera 11.01 portable and Firefox 4 portable. All worked like they were supposed to. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted April 16, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2011 If this is the same page ... http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download The upgrade button (blue) works fine, but the "No Thanks" button is greyed as is the "X out" button and they're dead. XP with Opera 11.01. No big deal, just another of those little mysteries. EDIT: Just to add to the oddity, it's the same with Firefox for me ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I'm using Firefox 4 and I get the same pop up screen that Dennis has posted. Thanks for the link to filehippo I totally forgot about using mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 fwiw, same again: both the x out button and the no thanks button work as intended in all 3 browsers. I downloaded the installers... Odd... The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 16, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2011 Same greyed out button for me using IE and Opera. Now what is different about your setup and the rest of us Login, any ideas? EDIT Anyone else using portable browsers like Login? Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Same greyed out button for me using IE and Opera. Now what is different about your setup and the rest of us Login, any ideas? EDIT Anyone else using portable browsers like Login? I don't know what the reason is, but here is my setup in WXP. I have Opera and Firefox portable folders installed to a folder in "C:...My Documents". - Only run them Sandboxed when Powershadow is running, so no changes ever persist. - Sandboxie traps the internet activity. Can see gobs of changes in the sandbox, but all go away after restart. - Powershadow removes everything on restart. They say on shutdown, but I bet it's done at restart. ?? - Has happened that a suspected virus stopped and restarted this computer, but was all gone after restart. Okay, it's a bit clumsy, takes getting used to. But it is darned safe. Also faster and less involved that using a VM. If a permanent change is needed, like an antivirus or windows update, I restart with Powershadow and Sandboxie off, make the change, then "Shadow up" and charge off to the internet. - Sadly, Powershadow won't work for windows later than XP. - Also, with PS on, you can't try out any software that requires a restart. Changes won't stick. Edit: Maybe someone with better diagnostic abilities can say why this works while cookieeater's won't? The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I just tried the experiment with Ff4, Adblock Plus, Privatefirewall, Norton Antvirus, Zemana and last but not least Sandboxie and it worked fine. I even downloaded it but did not install. It's a great free Anti-Virus, having used it for over a year on two PCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I agree Avast free version is very excellent. But I've moved on to MSE since W7 and it works great as well. Even better in some aspects. A free "out of sight, out of mind" AV never even occured to me before, yet here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 17, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 17, 2011 I chose to not purchase this and clicked on the button saying that I would like free protection instead. However, when I clicked it there was no response and after clicking it ten times I clicked on the close button in the pop up and that gave no response either. Am I simply a failure at downloading free anti-virus or is Avast! trying to push sales on unwitting customers? I have the same problem on their site and have for some time now, the solution is to just download it elsewhere; Filehippo.com, Download.com, Softpedia.com, etc. Edit: And it's the same problem for me trying Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. Their site is messed up or something. I agree Avast free version is very excellent. But I've moved on to MSE since W7 and it works great as well. Even better in some aspects. A free "out of sight, out of mind" AV never even occured to me before, yet here it is. I'm using MSE myself at the moment since AntiVir v10 runs a bit heavy on my WinXP system, and Avast v6 well I'd just rather use MSE and leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Is it maybe because there is no site blocking on this computer? No host file stuff? The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Weird, I had no problems getting to the download page which is hosted on cnet.com: http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Is it maybe because there is no site blocking on this computer? No host file stuff? Jackpot. I'm using the MVPS HOSTS file and when I temporarily used the default, empty one the free protection button worked. Switched back to MVPS and it didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted April 17, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 17, 2011 I knew that!! No, I didn't, and I use MVPS hosts. Nice spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Even a blind hog gets a truffle now and then. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jopower Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 1st: kudos to "slowday444" for Sandboxie. "Googlit, downloadit, Placuit" (I googled, I d/l'd, I liked ) 2nd: please elaborate on the MVPS HOSTS file and what it's doing. I'm not quite cognoscenti. Jackpot. I'm using the MVPS HOSTS file and when I temporarily used the default, empty one the free protection button worked. Switched back to MVPS and it didn't work. My Calc and My SlipStick, They Comfort Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted April 20, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 20, 2011 Hi jopower, and welcome to Piriform. A full description of the MVPS hosts file here ... http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm ... and a recent discussion here, with more info ... http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=31818&st=0&p=189256&hl=+mvps%20+hosts%20+file&fromsearch=1entry189256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trium Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 avast not only forced to purchas, also any games are not installable like need for speed carbon, most wanted and test drive and any other, we have tried Versions of CCleaner Cloud; Introduction Ccleaner Cloud; Ccleaner-->System-Requirements; Ccleaner FAQ´s; Ccleaner builds; Scheduling Ccleaner Free Es ist möglich, keine Fehler zu machen und dennoch zu verlieren. Das ist kein Zeichen von Schwäche. Das ist das Leben -> "Picard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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