Avast Pro
 

To get a good handle on what Avast really had in mind for the end of the
year, I Emailed the Sales Dept. asking if I upgraded from free to Pro if I'd
get support after 1/1/10. Part of their reply:
Thank you for your email, and your interest in avast! antivirus products.

We are sorry, the operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported
until the end of 2009.

If you are going to purchase our products, it is better for you to upgrade
your operating system to Windows XP " UP TO YOU"

You can download the latest version of avast! 4 Professional Edition from
this page:

--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!

Avast Pro
 

Corday:
They must have grown tired of supplying the free version for 'us'.

Harry.


"Corday" wrote in message
...
To get a good handle on what Avast really had in mind for the end of the
year, I Emailed the Sales Dept. asking if I upgraded from free to Pro if
I'd
get support after 1/1/10. Part of their reply:
Thank you for your email, and your interest in avast! antivirus products.

We are sorry, the operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported
until the end of 2009.

If you are going to purchase our products, it is better for you to upgrade
your operating system to Windows XP " UP TO YOU"

You can download the latest version of avast! 4 Professional Edition from
this page:

--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!

Avast Pro
 

webster72n wrote:

Corday:
They must have grown tired of supplying the free version for 'us'.

What do you mean? Avast! are saying that whether you wish to pay or not
their support for Win 9x systems finishes at the end of this year.
Something that has been known now for many months. It's not that this is a
surprise, Avast! have at least had the courtesy to warn their Win 9x
customers well in advance of this change.
--
Mike M

Avast Pro
 

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
webster72n wrote:

Corday:
They must have grown tired of supplying the free version for 'us'.

What do you mean? Avast! are saying that whether you wish to pay or not
their support for Win 9x systems finishes at the end of this year.
Something that has been known now for many months. It's not that this is
a surprise, Avast! have at least had the courtesy to warn their Win 9x
customers well in advance of this change.

I totally agree with you, Mike and that's exactly what I meant.
People don't seem to matter any more in this new world of ours, it is
business only which counts, especially in our neck of the woods.
Very sad, I must say. H.

--
Mike M

Avast Pro
 

It's now 8 years since Win9x became obsolete with the release of XP.
I suspect that the engine that Avast uses is having a drastic rewrite, in
order to cope with Win 7 and beyond, and the cost of coding for Win64, as
well as Win32 has meant that the older Win9x has to go. It costs large sums
of money to make software compatible with such different OS's - and the
income streams for Win 9x are getting smaller every day as machines running
Win9x die or are simply replaced. At some point it becomes vastly uneconomic
to support the limited number of users remaining.
That point was probably reached some time ago - and Avast should be thanked
for their support since then, rather than castigated as penny-pinchers.
Win2k will be the next to go - in 2011. I suspect that Win XP AV support
will finally die around 2015 (or maybe earlier).
The interesting question is when Win32 support will end completely - both in
the OS and in AV. From my perspective, MS should bite the bullet, and end
Win32 OS's with Win7 - The majority of new machines here in the UK seem to
be configured as Win64 already, and this process is accelerating. What may
eventually happen is that XP comes bundled as standard as a VM for running
Win32 apps - but unsupported. We've already seen the beginnings of this with
'XP Mode' availability in some Win7 versions.

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"webster72n" wrote in message
...


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
webster72n wrote:

Corday:
They must have grown tired of supplying the free version for 'us'.

What do you mean? Avast! are saying that whether you wish to pay or not
their support for Win 9x systems finishes at the end of this year.
Something that has been known now for many months. It's not that this is
a surprise, Avast! have at least had the courtesy to warn their Win 9x
customers well in advance of this change.

I totally agree with you, Mike and that's exactly what I meant.
People don't seem to matter any more in this new world of ours, it is
business only which counts, especially in our neck of the woods.
Very sad, I must say. H.

--
Mike M

Avast Pro
 

Crikey is it that many years since release, how times fly when you're having
fun g

John's using Avast on the XP machine, I have NOD32 installed on my Vista
partition but I've not really booted back into that one since installing
Windows 7 on another partition in October and I'm using Microsoft Security
Essentials on that OS with no problems.

As it's working out well it means I can avoid renewing NOD32 in June.

Not sure how long the XP machine will be in use but if Avast stopped for
that one I could put MSE on there as well.

--
Joan Archer
http://www,freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
It's now 8 years since Win9x became obsolete with the release of XP.
I suspect that the engine that Avast uses is having a drastic rewrite, in
order to cope with Win 7 and beyond, and the cost of coding for Win64, as
well as Win32 has meant that the older Win9x has to go. It costs large
sums of money to make software compatible with such different OS's - and
the income streams for Win 9x are getting smaller every day as machines
running Win9x die or are simply replaced. At some point it becomes vastly
uneconomic to support the limited number of users remaining.
That point was probably reached some time ago - and Avast should be
thanked for their support since then, rather than castigated as
penny-pinchers.
Win2k will be the next to go - in 2011. I suspect that Win XP AV support
will finally die around 2015 (or maybe earlier).
The interesting question is when Win32 support will end completely - both
in the OS and in AV. From my perspective, MS should bite the bullet, and
end Win32 OS's with Win7 - The majority of new machines here in the UK
seem to be configured as Win64 already, and this process is accelerating.
What may eventually happen is that XP comes bundled as standard as a VM
for running Win32 apps - but unsupported. We've already seen the
beginnings of this with 'XP Mode' availability in some Win7 versions.

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"webster72n" wrote in message
...


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
webster72n wrote:

Corday:
They must have grown tired of supplying the free version for 'us'.

What do you mean? Avast! are saying that whether you wish to pay or not
their support for Win 9x systems finishes at the end of this year.
Something that has been known now for many months. It's not that this
is a surprise, Avast! have at least had the courtesy to warn their Win
9x customers well in advance of this change.

I totally agree with you, Mike and that's exactly what I meant.
People don't seem to matter any more in this new world of ours, it is
business only which counts, especially in our neck of the woods.
Very sad, I must say. H.

--
Mike M

Avast Pro
 

Joan, I don't think that XP is due to drop out of extended support until
something like 2014 however MS have started there will be no further service
packs.
--
Mike


Joan Archer wrote:

Crikey is it that many years since release, how times fly when you're
having fun g

John's using Avast on the XP machine, I have NOD32 installed on my
Vista partition but I've not really booted back into that one since
installing Windows 7 on another partition in October and I'm using
Microsoft Security Essentials on that OS with no problems.

As it's working out well it means I can avoid renewing NOD32 in June.

Not sure how long the XP machine will be in use but if Avast stopped
for that one I could put MSE on there as well.

Avast Pro
 

well as long as my RF convert still works and my ole trusty B&W tv can
handle the video feed from my VIC-20, I'll be a happy camper..

my hand written OS using 2k mem. works just fine..

so long as the cassette deck rubber band don't break I can get by..

Now i will confess I did loss a neighbor last spring when our tin can
telephone string broke between our houses, but he was beginning to become a
pain anyway..

and spam don't bother me neither cause I just add a little more bacon
grease and the flavor comes right on through..

now viruses can be a problem but the ole moon shine taken in large swigs
will make the hurt more bearable..

now i'm not too sure whats all the fuss about 32 or 64 bit something or
other my 8 bit works just fine, seeing how i only got 8 fingers and 2
thumbs to count with anywho...

I do like those funny microsoft/apple commercials on the B&W TV.. you know
the ones where that funny guy in the suit remembers all the good times,
when he wanted everybody to just trust him..

so before my virus treatment kicks in just let me say

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everybody on the News Group..

Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.
Mountain Country USA


"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Crikey is it that many years since release, how times fly when you're
having
fun g

John's using Avast on the XP machine, I have NOD32 installed on my Vista
partition but I've not really booted back into that one since installing
Windows 7 on another partition in October and I'm using Microsoft Security
Essentials on that OS with no problems.

As it's working out well it means I can avoid renewing NOD32 in June.

Not sure how long the XP machine will be in use but if Avast stopped for
that one I could put MSE on there as well.

--
Joan Archer
http://www,freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
It's now 8 years since Win9x became obsolete with the release of XP.
I suspect that the engine that Avast uses is having a drastic rewrite,
in
order to cope with Win 7 and beyond, and the cost of coding for Win64,
as
well as Win32 has meant that the older Win9x has to go. It costs large
sums of money to make software compatible with such different OS's -
and
the income streams for Win 9x are getting smaller every day as machines
running Win9x die or are simply replaced. At some point it becomes
vastly
uneconomic to support the limited number of users remaining.
That point was probably reached some time ago - and Avast should be
thanked for their support since then, rather than castigated as
penny-pinchers.
Win2k will be the next to go - in 2011. I suspect that Win XP AV support
will finally die around 2015 (or maybe earlier).
The interesting question is when Win32 support will end completely -
both
in the OS and in AV. From my perspective, MS should bite the bullet, and
end Win32 OS's with Win7 - The majority of new machines here in the UK
seem to be configured as Win64 already, and this process is
accelerating.
What may eventually happen is that XP comes bundled as standard as a VM
for running Win32 apps - but unsupported. We've already seen the
beginnings of this with 'XP Mode' availability in some Win7 versions.

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"webster72n" wrote in message
...


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
webster72n wrote:

Corday:
They must have grown tired of supplying the free version for 'us'.

What do you mean? Avast! are saying that whether you wish to pay or
not
their support for Win 9x systems finishes at the end of this year.
Something that has been known now for many months. It's not that this
is a surprise, Avast! have at least had the courtesy to warn their Win
9x customers well in advance of this change.

I totally agree with you, Mike and that's exactly what I meant.
People don't seem to matter any more in this new world of ours, it is
business only which counts, especially in our neck of the woods.
Very sad, I must say. H.

--
Mike M

Avast Pro
 

I hope not. Both Joan and I will need *extended support* in 5
years.......she's getting up there and I just pretend I am.....lol.

Kissies, Joanie......from the other old broad!!

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Joan, I don't think that XP is due to drop out of extended support until
something like 2014 however MS have started there will be no further
service packs.
--
Mike


Joan Archer wrote:

Crikey is it that many years since release, how times fly when you're
having fun g

John's using Avast on the XP machine, I have NOD32 installed on my
Vista partition but I've not really booted back into that one since
installing Windows 7 on another partition in October and I'm using
Microsoft Security Essentials on that OS with no problems.

As it's working out well it means I can avoid renewing NOD32 in June.

Not sure how long the XP machine will be in use but if Avast stopped
for that one I could put MSE on there as well.

Avast Pro
 

"RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message
...
well as long as my RF convert still works and my ole trusty B&W tv can
handle the video feed from my VIC-20, I'll be a happy camper..

my hand written OS using 2k mem. works just fine..

so long as the cassette deck rubber band don't break I can get by..

Now i will confess I did loss a neighbor last spring when our tin can
telephone string broke between our houses, but he was beginning to become
a
pain anyway..

and spam don't bother me neither cause I just add a little more bacon
grease and the flavor comes right on through..

now viruses can be a problem but the ole moon shine taken in large swigs
will make the hurt more bearable..

now i'm not too sure whats all the fuss about 32 or 64 bit something or
other my 8 bit works just fine, seeing how i only got 8 fingers and 2
thumbs to count with anywho...

I do like those funny microsoft/apple commercials on the B&W TV.. you
know
the ones where that funny guy in the suit remembers all the good times,
when he wanted everybody to just trust him..

so before my virus treatment kicks in just let me say

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everybody on the News Group..

That's the spirit, Rocky.
Allow me to thankfully return those merry and happy wishes for Christmas and
the New Year. Make sure to listen to the doctor about the virus treatment
and not overdo it.
Take care,

Harry.


Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.
Mountain Country USA


"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Crikey is it that many years since release, how times fly when you're
having
fun g

John's using Avast on the XP machine, I have NOD32 installed on my Vista
partition but I've not really booted back into that one since installing
Windows 7 on another partition in October and I'm using Microsoft
Security
Essentials on that OS with no problems.

As it's working out well it means I can avoid renewing NOD32 in June.

Not sure how long the XP machine will be in use but if Avast stopped for
that one I could put MSE on there as well.

--
Joan Archer
http://www,freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
It's now 8 years since Win9x became obsolete with the release of XP.
I suspect that the engine that Avast uses is having a drastic rewrite,
in
order to cope with Win 7 and beyond, and the cost of coding for Win64,
as
well as Win32 has meant that the older Win9x has to go. It costs large
sums of money to make software compatible with such different OS's -
and
the income streams for Win 9x are getting smaller every day as machines
running Win9x die or are simply replaced. At some point it becomes
vastly
uneconomic to support the limited number of users remaining.
That point was probably reached some time ago - and Avast should be
thanked for their support since then, rather than castigated as
penny-pinchers.
Win2k will be the next to go - in 2011. I suspect that Win XP AV
support
will finally die around 2015 (or maybe earlier).
The interesting question is when Win32 support will end completely -
both
in the OS and in AV. From my perspective, MS should bite the bullet,
and
end Win32 OS's with Win7 - The majority of new machines here in the UK
seem to be configured as Win64 already, and this process is
accelerating.
What may eventually happen is that XP comes bundled as standard as a VM
for running Win32 apps - but unsupported. We've already seen the
beginnings of this with 'XP Mode' availability in some Win7 versions.

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"webster72n" wrote in message
...


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
webster72n wrote:

Corday:
They must have grown tired of supplying the free version for 'us'.

What do you mean? Avast! are saying that whether you wish to pay or
not
their support for Win 9x systems finishes at the end of this year.
Something that has been known now for many months. It's not that
this
is a surprise, Avast! have at least had the courtesy to warn their
Win
9x customers well in advance of this change.

I totally agree with you, Mike and that's exactly what I meant.
People don't seem to matter any more in this new world of ours, it is
business only which counts, especially in our neck of the woods.
Very sad, I must say. H.

--
Mike M