Cy, Every time Grissoft introduces a new version of the free AVG, people get a notification that support for the earlier version will be discontinued on a certain date. This triggers the false rumor that the free version of AVG is going away. I used to have the free version of AVG 9, but switched to Microsoft Security Essentials because AVG 9 had a couple of bugs when it first was introduced. MSSE is no longer a viable option for me, because their update of the virus definitions is a whopping 52 Mb. My dial-up Internet provider puts a 4-hour limit on each internet session and then resets the server connection. I can not download a 52 Mb file within this 4-hour limit, so updating the MSSE virus definitions is now impossible. I have just managed to find the download link for the free AVG version 9, so here it is: http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afg#tba2 The above link will bring up a page containing download links for the free AVG 9, and you will want to find the link labeled as an 84 mob executable. (I can use a laptop with a WIFI connection to download this file and then install it on my desktop PC.) Alan