I also made the change when my Norton Anti-Virus (from SystemWorks Pro 2003)
expired and I found that I COULD NOT install SystemWorks 2004 (due to
various problems and incompatibilities). After Norton tech support proved
useless, I changed over to Avast! and Sygate Personal Firewall (and couldn't
be happier!). Avast auto updates virus definitions automatically, informing
you when it has occurred. You can also manually check. It has also auto
updated the program itself, although in that case, it prompted for the user
to okay the install. Of course, YMMV, but I have been satisfied with the
program.

Jim Maki
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Devincenzo
>
>
> Hi everyone.  Season's greetings and happy holidays! I made the
> plunge and uninstalled my expired norton antivirus and installed
> AVAST.  Sleeker look and less bloated on system resources.  I
> just want to make sure I understand this right.  Does Avast have
> either an auto or manual antivirus update feature like nortons
> "live update".  I'm running Windows ME on one and Windows XP with
> SP2 on my other networked computer.  Thanks.  Regards....Steve.

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