I have been following this thread and am not really sure what to make of it. I recently updated this computer which is an old Dell P4 circa 2001 with the latest of AVG free (8.5). It seems pretty stable for me. It does its once a day scan around noon, which takes a short while. It isn't even noticeable, there is no degreation in the computer's performance while the scan is running. Neither JFW nor any of my other programs seem to be affected by it while it is scanning. I also have it update automatically. The interface is about the same as 8.0 as far as I can tell. No accessibility issues that I have ever found. Frank From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DJ Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 2:34 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: AVG 8.5 She said that she had version 7.5. That's why it wants her to upgrade to version 8. I've seen that same message on a few other computers with version 7.5 which said that that version would not be supported after April 12 2009. ________________________________ From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:41 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: AVG 8.5 Are you sure you downloaded the free version of AVG 8.5 and not the paid version? Maybe you keep getting those reminders because you actually downloaded the paid version and its free trial period ends on April 12. Just a guess on my part. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: alice dampman <mailto:alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:04 PM Subject: Re: AVG 8.5 Hi, Dave, That's odd. I started getting reminders to upgrade to 8.5 a week or so ago. The scans don't run constantly, but it does seem to take hem hours to finish. During those hours, JAWS is really sluggish and quirky. But I fixed something in the settings, so we'll see if that helps. Alice