I read in another thread that the blue popup advising there’s a virus update available should remain on the screen for 15 seconds. On my XP system running AVAST HE 4.5 the popup remains on the screen for only about 5-7 seconds. I checked with a friend who is also experiencing the same problem with the quick popup. Should the duration of the popup be 15 seconds?
Anyone else experiencing this problem? Is there a way to make the popup last 15 seconds?
I’ll be glad to know as it will another tweak for avast4.ini file…
I did not found on ‘Settings’ in my signature… You can search there and you’ll see only that you can show/suppress the info panel but not control the time it’s displayed :-\ 
This morning fairly soon after starting my system (XP Pro SP2) I got a popup saying that a virus update was available. The popup remained for about 10 seconds. So … surprise … I downloaded the update.
A few minutes ago I restarted my system. Folllowing the restart I was running a “chkdsk” in a DOS window (I know we are not supposed to call it a DOS window anymore - sue me) when a I saw the fleeting glimpse of a blue Avast! popup. If it lasted 1 second I would be surprised. I checked the update option from Avast in the systray and there was indeed another virus update that was downloaded.
So … AndyP … seems that whoever told you it lasts 15 seconds was guilty of a terminalogical inexactitude … or as some say … just a plain liar!!