Nope I’ve used the online scanner occasionally but never the full antivirus program. And like I said, when you’re deaf you don’t need sound on the web because you can’t hear it - so I surf with speakers switched off:) I would not have known if sounds were there. I suppose the lesson here is - don’t make anything in your computer programming dependent on sound alone, always provide a text alternative.

Couldn’t the option to switch off sounds be placed in the menu you get when you right click on the Avast ball in the System Tray?