Anyone have a guide to get rid of the useless pop-ups?
The ONLY ones I want to show are when it “finds” something or has protected me, etc. Those things. The useful ones.
The ones I DON’T want are Pro for cheaper or Take a Selfie (Dear GOD no…), etc. These things. The useless ones.
Thanks!
So what you are saying is what I (and appears to be others) want is unable to be done?
A “Yes” or “No” would suffice.
Correct, the only way to avoid the adverts is to use “Silent Gaming Mode” … then of course you get none of the info/warnings you want.
The reply from avast support , to user " Blove" in post 4 of the thread I linked says it all.
That’s real shoddy. Avast! is big enough for them to be known and travel by word without these pop-ups.
Some users, like me, don’t have the money (or the need/want) for features further than what the free version offers. That alone, is why I highly suggest changes be made to allow these turned off (without the turning off of all/the useful ones).
I’ll stick around for now, I guess. But one thing I can say is that I will not be suggesting Avast! to other people anymore.
//solved
These usually come when there is a vps update.
To get rid of these and still get the “warning” pop-ups…
GUI>Settings>Update>scroll down to “details”>untick “show notification after automatic update” 
It isn’t the only method and it is possibly the worse of two options to use “Silent/Gaming Mode” has knock on effects on the rest of the program.
The very last post in that topic used as a reference shows the other option uncheck “show notification after automatic update” and that only impacts that one area of avast.