- #WHY AVAST DOES NOT HAVE ANTIVIRUS PREMIER FOR MAC UPGRADE#
- #WHY AVAST DOES NOT HAVE ANTIVIRUS PREMIER FOR MAC SOFTWARE#
This advantage allows for detection of sneaky viruses and rootkits that try to load while the computer is starting up, prior to the activation of the anti-malware engine. Here are the highlights of what’s new:Īvast claims to have the the only boot-time scan in the antivirus market. It includes several new features that extend the umbrella of Avast's protection even further. On October 15, 2013, Avast! Antivirus 2014 was announced. The payoff has been overwhelming popularity, with more than a quarter of all PCs (over 200 million devices) protected by Avast! Antivirus, according to the company.
#WHY AVAST DOES NOT HAVE ANTIVIRUS PREMIER FOR MAC SOFTWARE#
What's New in Avast! 2014?ĪVAST Software has poured 25 years of malware research into its flagship product, Avast! Antivirus. A little poking around revealed some new and interesting features in the Avast 2014 release. The friendly Avast control panel greeted me, ran an initial scan, and informed that all was well. It installed without a hitch, and didn't even require a restart. According to the latest AV-TEST reports, Avast had near-perfect malware protection scores on Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8, and the highest possible marks for usability.
#WHY AVAST DOES NOT HAVE ANTIVIRUS PREMIER FOR MAC UPGRADE#
I remember having the same type of trouble while trying to upgrade a year ago, so it was time for AVG to go. I did so, and was instructed by the AVG control panel to "restart to complete the install". I thought maybe uninstalling AVG 2013, rebooting, and installing AVG 2014 from scratch would work. (No, I wasn't running any other antivirus software.) Had to power off and restart. Huh, I'm not installing any new hardware? I hit the "Continue Anyway" button and the AVG installer churned a few minutes then froze my computer. Next, I got "Installing new hardware" prompts, warning me that something called "Unknown" had not passed Windows Logo testing. This explains why so many people complain to me every year that "AVG is no longer free." Selecting the free option got me past that first hurdle. After downloading and starting the update, I noted that the paid version of AVG was pre-selected for installation, even though I was using the free version. Here's the short version of the story.ĪVG 2013 popped up a friendly reminder that it was time to upgrade to the AVG 2014 release. I had reason to do so recently, when my attempts to upgrade to AVG 2014 left me frustrated to the point of switching. It's good to change things up every once in a while.
Goodbye AVG, and AVAST Antivirus 2014 Review