is there anyone i can disable that box in the bottom right hand corner when theres new updates? is there a way i can have it notify me by the system tray instead of a blue box popping up? i tried going in the program settings under update and putting it on silent mode but that didnt work.
Yes, sure.
See more details here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=1647
Check [AAVM] section and value SuppressUpdatedInfo
Welcome to the most configurable antivirus round… 
theres no way to do this in the program settings? do i just add SuppressUpdatedInfo = 1 to avast4.ini?
No… It’s an advanced setting. Normal users do not want it…
Better is whitout spaces:
SuppressUpdatedInfo=1
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