There is a free version of Avast but you have to register for it. I used it a few years ago and you had to re-register every year or so to keep the free subscription going. It looks like you have the commercial version on your machine. You may have to pay or move to the free version. Cheers, Derek Brian Perkins does crazy things with the shipping forecast: On YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWl0QD9W-Oc And Charlotte Green poses as the Voicemail messenger from hell at: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GR7VIhcdYNI From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Petrina Finn Sent: 06 August 2009 21:31 To: vip students Subject: [vip_students] avast hi my computer has avast on it. when I switch on the machine a pop up comes up to tell me it needs to be updated. when I click on this it offers me a version for about 40 or 50 euros. Is there any way I can update this fre or do I just go ahead and buy this? thanks in advance Petrina _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 35 of my spam emails to date. The Professional version does not have this message.