I have my Program Updates set to manual and I rarely shutdown my laptop so I had to do a manual update, which needed a restart after the update.
After the restart I didn’t see any further requirement regarding an update having been done and needing a restart. Nor did I see anything regarding new settings.
The only out of the ordinary thing was the ‘Stay safer on your Phone’ and a Privacy bit, Plus the Avast Store bit.
Virus Defs: 250509-6
Number of Defs: 17,281, 773.
UI Version: 1.9.838.
To be clear, after the device is restarted, there is a ‘delay’ before the ‘pop-up’ page is displayed.
This Avast page displays the features and fixes that were updated
Specifically, at the bottom, on the left side, there were 2 ‘options’ with default check-marks beside them, but I did not notice their content but, instead, ‘X’ out of it.
I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary, other than what I mentioned.
I’m only guessing that you have Program Updates set to Automatic, so when you started that update would have been applied requiring a restart.
That is slightly different from me initiating the Manual Program update whilst windows was running. Which required a restart for it to be applied. No other options or pre-checked boxes.
Virus Def info the same as yours, Program and UI versions in my signature. Edit - the only difference is the - UI version UI 1.0.838 - unless yours is a typo or a genuinely new UI version which may have generated those changes (check marks).
Based on ‘memory’ then, when you have opted to install a Prog Update (at a later time than initially offered), do you recall the 2 ‘options’ at the bottom of the ‘Update Summary’ pop-up page that permit a user to check/un-check these options?
Again, It ‘might’ had something to with adding a Browser Search Engine and/or a Browser Extension and/or reporting program feedback and/or sharing or analyzing data but I am unable to confirm specifics
Historically then, do you recall a ‘pop-up’ page being displayed, that gave a ‘summary of changes’ and, further, had an ‘interactive’ section at the bottom, permitting a user to check/un-check two specific options?
This is how it has been for me for some considerable time, I have had program updates set to manual, so generally no surprises.
A while ago you used to be able to go into the UI and uncheck components that you didn’t want. That however disappeared a few updates ago.
You could try the windows settings Programs - Add Remove Programs > Avast > Modify to open Avast components and see what is there.
I am familiar with Modify Avast Components but, as mentioned. what I am referring to was ‘specific’ to the pop-up page, that was displayed ‘after’ the restart.
This ‘page’ was summary-based (referencing ‘changes’ to the new program update) but it also had an ‘interactive’ section that allowed 2 details to be ‘checked’ or ‘un-checked.’
It had something to with adding a Browser Search Engine and/or a Browser Extension and/or reporting program feedback and/or sharing or analyzing data.
