Hi,
I am wondering, is there any way to remove the Avast advertisements that pop up in the bottom-right corner? I tried going into Settings>Appearance>Popups to change the timeslots for each of the four popups, but I still notice annoying Christmas specials and other notices that last well over the allotted time I’ve set for popups to appear.
There is a current bug whereby the update notification is showing the wrong popup. This does not appear to happen on all systems, as I am unaffected but, it is being worked on I believe
Yes! I just joined the forum to see if there was a fix for this. The whole reason I’ve used Avast for so long is because it hasn’t been co-dependent like most anti-virus software. I hope it goes back to hiding in the tray like a good little program 
Once or twice I could understand, but it’s shoving the Christmas special thing in my face every time I boot up my computer. Which is way too much. I hope it gets fixed soon!
I get the Christmas/special popups every time I boot up my system as well, and continue to pop up throughout the day. They’ve been around for a couple months now, but are getting increasingly repetitive to deal with. I update the Avast program itself on a frequent basis, and of yesterday, the popups have stayed the same… there doesn’t appear to be any way to turn them off. The free version is already stripped of enough features, it doesn’t need ‘dumbed down’ by these ads.
Running Windows 7 64bit.
The bug is ads appear instead of the VPS update (virus update notification). So when you boot your PC, you’re actually getting a VPS update. To stop the ads until the bug has gone, you need to disable the update notifications and sounds through the avast! settings.
It turns out that’s not a half-bad workaround.
Getting an interruptive verbal “Avast! Virus Database Has Been Updated” announcement is kind of neat - for a while. Having turned it off to avoid these ad pop-ups, I find my computing experience has been a bit more peaceful today (and without ads!). I have always trusted Avast’s updates anyway, so not hearing about every one of them going in doesn’t really make a difference in what I do.
-Noel
No need to specifically disable sounds, if you have unchecked the auto update notification popup, there will be no sound, as it is the popup that triggers the voice over.
You need to uncheck the Show notification box after automatic update (avastUI > Settings > Update - scroll down to details).
Yes, that’s what I did. Sorry for any confusion with the sound settings.
-Noel
If an important error should arise, does Avast present a popup with a Christmas offer?
Does the problem which is under question in this thread also apply to error notifications? If that is the case, I would say that is altogether more serious than mere irritation of an oddly worded update notification. :o
Only the vps update pop-ups are affected. The other pop-ups are unaffected.
I wish avast would hurry with a fix for this. :
Great question. Unfortunately I’m a bit averse to actually seeking out a virus to test it with.
-Noel
This is not “a current bug” and we all now that. If a “leading AV company” is not capable of removing a “bug”, “accidentally” displaying commercials for their own products, why would anyone trust this program. Sorry, but this is the time to buy something else.
An ad does not affect the functionality of the program.
Where did my posting with the eicar file testing go?
If anyone is concerned to whether an AV would work correctly despite giving a wrong message, you could also use
the eicar test to see it for yourself and the update logs or the streaming/update history whether the product has been updated or not.
As described in these avast! FAQs:
avast! 2014: Testing whether avast! 2014 is protecting your computer against malware
http://www.avast.com/en-eu/faq.php?article=AVKB32#artTitle
avast! 2014: Checking whether avast! 2014 is installed, up to date, and protecting your computer
http://www.avast.com/en-eu/faq.php?article=AVKB34#artTitle
hi,
these popup appear with the free version,
the staff of Avast are not philanthropists … one must live! 
What has the eicar test got to do with this topic ‘Annoying Avast popups,’ nothing, so it is/was off-topic.
Posting the eicar/example code, whilst it shouldn’t be an issue, posting code in the forums is frowned upon as it could trigger alerts on the forums. For examples of code it is best to post as an image that won’t trigger avast.
So let this be the last on eicar in this unrelated topic.
I could swear someone up-thread asked whether the ad “bug” would interfere with the announcement of blocked malware announcements, and I for one DID check with the eicar data to see that my setup would still make those important announcements (which it does). It made me feel more confident in Avast! - so thanks to Randissimo for posting that quite pertinent info.
-Noel
It was just an answer to the following question:
If an important error should arise, does Avast present a popup with a Christmas offer?
Posting the eicar/example code, whilst it shouldn't be an issue, posting code in the forums is frowned upon as it could trigger alerts on the forums.Sorry I didn't know that, because Avast (free) doesn't trigger an alarm just by pasting this code in a notepad window. Only when you scan the saved .txt file manually later or try to save it for example as a .com file, it triggers an alarm. However, that shouldn't be a reason as to why a whole posting without any notification gets deleted.
It made me feel more confident in Avast! - so thanks to Randissimo for posting that [I]quite pertinent[/I] info.You're welcome. ;)
The fact that you have one toaster pop-up open, shouldn’t stop real-time alerts.
as I said the eicar text isn’t likely to be an issue as it is a specific format and file size. My concern is getting in the habit of posting code that may trigger an alert. An html page is essentially a text page and the web shield scan it looking for exploits/malicious code, so other code examples could easily trigger alerts. We have seen this in the forums the past.