Hi vincent you can get a free version of avast but i prefer to use (super anti spyware as i feel it catches many mor viruses than avast. you can also get a free version of super anti spyware. Paul Mahoney ----- Original Message ----- From: Derry Walsh To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: avast question for paul or others Hi Vincent Avast is free to home computer users for a prtiod and it then needs renewal . Were u using it professjonally ? Derry -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of vts Sent: 12 December 2008 17:58 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] avast question for paul or others hello can someone tell me please. I was told from Paul to use avast for my computer which I did. I downloaded it and was using it the last few weeks with no problem. I paid €80 subscription at the end of the payment page it said this is a once off payment only. the problem im having now is I used someone else's credit card and two months of €12 was taken out of the card from a company call download .com which I did not agree to. and they wanted to take €12 every month. its not the money that worries me its the fact that I was told there was only a once of payment to be made. so I rang them and canceled it he told me on the phone that I would be not entitled to any more upgrades for my avast so I agreed it was not my credit card. now my avast has stopped working and my computer is open. now I paid the money for avast and I am being told that I have to pay more. how is this I feel ripped off. what can I do is there a free version of avast or what will I do. please help many thanks. regards Vincent -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 989 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message