I really love avast. Used it for years.
One reason why I really loved it was an Update feature that would update Avast at next restart.
I don’t want it asking me for a reboot, nor do I want it to reboot automatically.
This was an awesome feature in v4, and I’m gonna be downgrading to 4.8 until it’s back.
Having silent operation is nice, and I’m sure there are other minimalists out there that agree with me.
Hi vultureman, and welcome to the forum,
I’ve been using version 4 for a while, and must admit I’m unfamiliar with the feature you are talking about. Mine updates automatically, a preset number of seconds after boot, and periodically as set by me. (That’s regarding the database updates. Or do you mean the program update?)
Is it possible you mean the boot scan feature?
We are talking program updates here as VPS updates didn’t require it.
I have been using avast for almost 6 years and for the most part, program updates have always, asked for a restart.
They never did an auto restart and you could elect not to restart at that time, but of your own choosing. This hasn’t changed in avast 5.0 for me.
avast 5 has changed in that it is able to update the scanning engine as part of the virus definitions, so if there was an engine update then there might be a requirement to reboot, but I haven’t come across that yet in 5.0 as it is very early days.
Avast5 has an option to not ask to reboot. It is in Settings → Updates → Details
Yes it does, but by default it is enabled and will ask.
Personally I see no point in disabling it, if a reboot is required I feel you should at least be notified of that fact and you choose to do so or not.
I have to agree with David on this. Windows Updates has always asked whether you wish to reboot or not, depending on the updates you get. It’s customary for software, especially security software to request a reboot. You can always say yes or no. The choice is yours.
The reboot’s necessary because with very few exceptions (like, I think, the GUI), most of avast is resident as services and EXEs, and the reboot is the only way to get the updated versions into active memory. On most systems, anyway.
Generally I’ll select not now simply to give me a chance to do a “clean” logout-disconnect from my ISP and maybe also a quick last-minute check for email before doing that, and restart right after that.
And one of the things that you don’t want to do after clicking NO is to run something like CCleaner before restarting Windows. :