Is It Just Me...

...that is disappointed by the newest version of Avast Free Anti Virus Software?
 
Not the fact that, after coming to the end of my 12 month term and re-registering, the layout has been messed around with. I expected that. 
     Though, admittedly, I don't see what was so wrong with the layout as it was.

Nor the fact that it takes up more space than it used to. I expected that, too, and I barely use a tenth of the harddrive's capacity anyway.
     Though, admittedly, I haven't found anything to suggest what the increase in size has been caused by. No new bits have been added on as far as I can see; the bits it already had have simply been moved about.

Nor the fact that the colours have changed. It's there to protect my computer, not look pretty.
     Though again, admittedly, there was nothing wrong with it before. What's with this trend to mess around with stuff that worked just fine in the first place? Why change what 'aint broken?

...Nope. I've no real issue with any of that. My problem is with the voice.

Avast talks, you see.
     When you turn the computer on, it says "Avast Virus Database Has Been Updated". Every now and again it says "updates are available". And when you ask it to scan the computer, it says "scan has been completed" once it has finished.
     Nice, huh?
     Or at least it was. The voice used to be that of a chirpy central American. Y'know the sort; the kind that famously spouts "have a nice day" and you picture being delivered with a bright, sincere smile? That kind. Anyway, it was nice.
     Now, however, the voice is not that of a bright faced, enthusiastic American. It is that of a bored, glum sounding Midlander. Y'know, the kind of voice used to say "cashier number one" by disaffected English teenagers whose mother's have demanded they find a saturday job or lose their car priviliges (or something like that).

And that just isn't a nice voice to listen to every time I turn on the computer, no matter how infrequent it is.

=SIGH=

I know that in the grand scheme of things this is petty and unimportant, and I know it's both unfair and ungrateful to moan about something I am using but not paying for, but still; I want my chirpy American back, damnit!

Alice x