David, Do I have to repeat once more what I have already explained several times in several topics related to this issue? I myself have opened a topic for this program update tray notification issue.

I understand EXACTLY the points you just mentioned, and I have no way to probe to you that I did NOT miss the tray notification about a program update being available for download. Moreover, if that were the case, Avast should have the possibility to show it again (unless the user sets it otherwise).

I have no way to probe to you that the program update tray notification has not being displayed for several stable releases since last year.

To be clear, for any other user that haven’t read (yet) my several posts and explanations about this issue, I’m not talking about antivirus database tray notifications.

The OP in this specific topic said he uses automatic updates. I am using “ask” (which is the default for millions of Avast users for program updates). Neither of us see the program update tray notification. I won’t speak on behalf / instead other settings / other users, specially when I’m not so sure which is the expected behaviour in their systems.

In MY case (“ask”), NO tray notification about PROGRAM updates being available for download is being displayed. Not for 1 week, not for months, and I haven’t missed it. It is not being displayed, when it should.

Can I update the program manually? OF COURSE. Is this such a big problem FOR ME? No, it is not. Is this a POTENTIAL problem for millions of users not checking/opening the GUI? YES.

Only 1 week? Acceptable? If there are no special security issues, I would wait for 2 weeks too. Only 3 or 4 program updates during one year, as it used to be? Let’s say we accept that too.

But, no program update tray notification at all, for months and after several stable releases being out there, with the official public changelog history being updated? I don’t think that is “normal”, and that is more an Avast problem, rather than a problem of a specific user/system.

Most frequent users coming to the forum are updating their programs manually, without waiting for a tray notification, so most of the frequent users here won’t have any problem, and won’t notice any problem.

But, What about those millions of users not coming to the forum and not opening the GUI?

As I already explained in the topic I opened, once more I’ll resist the temptation of updating the program manually using the GUI, until I see the tray notification, just to probe my point. If enough users can do the same and report it, then “maybe” Avast Team will finally notice it. Sadly, it seems not so many frequent users are willing to do the same.