Niail. Click on your icon for avast on the taskbar to open the program, on the left hand side you will see update, click on this to update the program. If you have to download the program, pick basic and tick the box at the bottom. Good luck, any problems email again Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: Niall Fitzpatrick To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 1:17 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Avast requires updating Hi All, When I turn on my computer for the last few days I receive a message from Avast stating that my Avast anti virus is due to expire in two days and that I need to upgrade. Has anyone got any ideas what I need to do? Regards. Niall Fitzpatrick