How do I remove the Avast ad in my emails?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
1

Can someone kindly remind me how to make the free version of Avast stop putting ads for itself in my emails and newsgroup posts? There used to be a setting for this purpose but I can’t find it now…

I’m referring to this:
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus

2

Switch it off in the Mail Shield settings.

Avast Menu > Settings > Protection > Core Shields > Mail Shield - Add a signature to the end of sent emails.

That said, have you made any changes to your settings as I though this was off by default.

3

Thank you very much! I’ve now turned off the generation of that ad. I swear, I looked at every one of the many settings TWICE looking for it but I see now that I didn’t realize that Mail Shield and its peers had additional settings so I hadn’t looked in those.

If it’s default setting is off, then I’m at a loss to understand how it got turned on; I only just reinstalled Avast a week or two back after trying another product for a while. That setting was certainly off when I previously had Avast so that doesn’t explain how that setting was on.

4

I have never turned it OFF myself, so assume it is set ON by default.

5

You’re welcome.

It has gone through sone changes over time (I have been using Avast for over 16 years). When it first came out I think it was on by default but for a time (recently) it was certainly off by default when there were complaints about it being on by default.

I thought that was still the case, as I haven’t done/required a clean install for some considerable time and my previous settings haven’t changed with in-program updates.