Hello and welcome to our revamped Avast community! We’re excited to have you here and hope you enjoy the new features we’ve added to enhance your experience.

What’s New?

• Personalized User Profiles: Customise and update your profiles with ease.
• Advanced Search Capabilities: Find threads and posts quickly with our upgraded search tool.
• Redesigned Layout: A cleaner, more intuitive layout that makes navigation easier.
• Rich Text Editing: Advanced formatting options including tables, code blocks, and embedded media for richer posts.
• Drag-and-Drop File Uploads: Simplified file attachments by dragging and dropping files directly into the editor.

… and many more!

Please take a look at our Avast Community Participation Guidelines and Terms and Conditions of Use.

FAQ

Q: How do I navigate the new forum layout?
A: You’ll find a user-friendly interface with clear categories and sections. Use the top navigation bar to access different areas of the forum. Visit the Community section to see all categories and subcategories on one page.

Q: How can I update my profile?
A: Click on your username at the top right corner, open your Profile and edit it.

Q: What are badges and how do I earn them?
A: Badges are rewards for achieving certain milestones or participating in specific ways within the community. You can view available badges and your earned badges in your user profile.

Q: Why are my Avast Community bookmarks no longer working?
A: The Avast Community URLs have changed due to our recent migration. Please update your bookmarks with the new URLs to continue accessing your favourite boards.

Q: How can I change the interface language of the forum?
A: To change the interface language, click on the menu icon in the top-right corner, go to “Language Settings,” and select your preferred language under “Interface Language.” Save your changes, and the forum interface will update to your chosen language.

Q: How do I translate a post to my preferred language?
A: Click on the globe icon located on each post to translate the text into your preferred language. This feature allows you to read posts in a language that’s most comfortable for you.

Q: How do I follow or mute a topic?
A: To follow a topic and receive notifications, click the “Tracking” button at the bottom of the topic page. To mute a topic, click the “Mute” button to stop receiving notifications.

Q: How can I provide feedback about the Avast Community platform?
A: We want to hear from you! Feel free to create a new topic in the Community Feedback board.

General Guidelines

This is a Civilised Place for Public Discussion

Please treat this discussion forum with the same respect you would a public park. We, too, are a shared community resource — a place to share skills, knowledge and interests through ongoing conversation.

These are not hard and fast rules. They are guidelines to aid the human judgment of our community and keep this a kind, friendly place for civilized public discourse.

Improve the Discussion

Help us make this a great place for discussion by always adding something positive to the discussion, however small. If you are not sure your post adds to the conversation, think over what you want to say and try again later.

One way to improve the discussion is by discovering ones that are already happening. Spend time browsing the topics here before replying or starting your own, and you’ll have a better chance of meeting others who share your interests.

The topics discussed here matter to us, and we want you to act as if they matter to you, too. Be respectful of the topics and the people discussing them, even if you disagree with some of what is being said.

Be Agreeable, Even When You Disagree

You may wish to respond by disagreeing. That’s fine. But remember to criticize ideas, not people. Please avoid:

  • Name-calling
  • Ad hominem attacks
  • Responding to a post’s tone instead of its actual content
  • Knee-jerk contradiction

Instead, provide thoughtful insights that improve the conversation.

Your Participation Counts

The conversations we have here set the tone for every new arrival. Help us influence the future of this community by choosing to engage in discussions that make this forum an interesting place to be — and avoiding those that do not.

Discourse provides tools that enable the community to collectively identify the best (and worst) contributions: bookmarks, likes, flags, replies, edits, watching, muting and so forth. Use these tools to improve your own experience, and everyone else’s, too.

Let’s leave our community better than we found it.

If You See a Problem, Flag It

Moderators have special authority; they are responsible for this forum. But so are you. With your help, moderators can be community facilitators, not just janitors or police.

When you see bad behavior, don’t reply. Replying encourages bad behavior by acknowledging it, consumes your energy, and wastes everyone’s time. Just flag it. If enough flags accrue, action will be taken, either automatically or by moderator intervention.

In order to maintain our community, moderators reserve the right to remove any content and any user account for any reason at any time. Moderators do not preview new posts; the moderators and site operators take no responsibility for any content posted by the community.

Always Be Civil

Nothing sabotages a healthy conversation like rudeness:

  • Be civil. Don’t post anything that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, or hate speech.
  • Keep it clean. Don’t post anything obscene or sexually explicit.
  • Respect each other. Don’t harass or grief anyone, impersonate people, or expose their private information.
  • Respect our forum. Don’t post spam or otherwise vandalize the forum.

These are not concrete terms with precise definitions — avoid even the appearance of any of these things. If you’re unsure, ask yourself how you would feel if your post was featured on the front page of a major news site.

This is a public forum, and search engines index these discussions. Keep the language, links, and images safe for family and friends.

Keep It Tidy

Make the effort to put things in the right place, so that we can spend more time discussing and less cleaning up. So:

  • Don’t start a topic in the wrong category; please read the category definitions.
  • Don’t cross-post the same thing in multiple topics.
  • Don’t post no-content replies.
  • Don’t divert a topic by changing it midstream.
  • Don’t sign your posts — every post has your profile information attached to it.

Rather than posting “+1” or “Agreed”, use the Like button. Rather than taking an existing topic in a radically different direction, use Reply as a Linked Topic.

Post Only Your Own Stuff

You may not post anything digital that belongs to someone else without permission. You may not post descriptions of, links to, or methods for stealing someone’s intellectual property (software, video, audio, images), or for breaking any other law.

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This site is operated by your friendly local staff and you, the community. If you have any further questions about how things should work here, open a new topic in Community Feedback board and let’s discuss!

Enjoy exploring the new Avast Community!