Avast: Microsoft “actively discouraging” Windows 8 Metro version April 6, 2012 by admin Tweet Avast, the maker of the popular free antivirus software, has told Neowin that Microsoft is “actively discouraging” them from developing a Metro UI version of the software for Windows 8. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:This handy Windows WSA monitoring and launch tool…Microsoft releases Windows 11 version 23H2Metro: Last Light goes free to claim on Steam…Hackers actively exploiting unpatched Microsoft…Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 is our most reliable…