How to turn off advertising from Avast?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I just HATE the advertising from Avast wanting me to buy things I don’t want. If I can’t turn it off I think I’ll look for some other antivirus when the periode I paied for has run out.

Oh and BTW I bought Clean Up a while ago. I ran it and it completely messed up my PC. It removed shortcuts to a lot of my programs both on the desktop and in the start menu. It also changed my wallpater and a lot of other things. I had to have a friend come and reset my computer to an earlier setting.

Sadly at the time I was not feeling well (I have a cronic illness) so I never got around to asking for my money back. I can live with that but I’d advise everyone against buying that stupid thing. I’ll never run it again that’s for sure.

Dustbunnie

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Promotional ads can be disabled in the settings if you have a paid version.

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https://blog.avast.com/2015/01/22/do-not-disturb-how-to-disable-sound-and-pop-up-notifications/
Follow: Avast > Settings > General > Popups e uncheck “Show popups…”.

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This won’t work for ads, which is what the OP is complaining about. Not to mention that blog article is from 22 January 2015, over two years old.

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You’re wrong. That works in paid versions for all offers and the user has a paid version.
And the article concepts are still valid.

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Sorry, I thought the OP had said his paid version had run out, my error.

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iN Avast settings I have no ‘General’ therefore cannot go to pop ups to uncheckl
NB I have paid option.
I also hate ads and am of the same frame of mind as the original post

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https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/antivirus-popup-notifications/

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Exactly what Avast Program and version number are you using ?

It has been in the Avast Free/Premium for Windows programs as long as I can recall.
Avast UI > Menu > Settings > General - See attached screenshot - click to expand.

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Thank you for the post. I was totally fed-up with getting unwanted ads all the time, especially since I subscribed to Premium on a workstation just to get rid of those ads. Those notifications pop up at the most inconvenient time, just as you are in the middle of a task or a public presentation. Now to see if it works after I went to Settings to add Avast to the list of blocked apps for popups (under Menu - Settings - General - Blocked and Allowed Apps) as well as unchecking all boxes for offers and checking Limited elsewhere (under Menu - Settings - General - Notifications, the Offers and External Storage Notifications). I will definitely not renew the subscription, strongly advise anybody against purchasing an Avast subscription, and have already arranged with my IT department to install the same security software that I am using on my personal hardware.

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