Yesterday when the VPS was updated I got the VPN popup notification nothing and no information on the virus database update NO Voice over just popup message.
Today when the VPS was updated I got a popup notification about Whats your AVAST IQ? Take a break and test your AVAST knowledge. Have fun learn and win free licenses and teddy bears! Still NO SOUND or Voice Over when virus database is updated and no info about VPS update:(
According to pavels this current program update (9.0.2008) was supposed to fix this problem and issue but clearly it has not. :(:(
Whilst the vpn updates are important, they are not as important to users here as they were previously in prior versions, such as 4.8, 5.0, and 6.0. Beginning with version 7.0, streaming updates were introduced, and enhanced in version 8.0, and finally brought to their current level in 2014.9.0.
With the current level, we now have as many as +400 streaming updates per day, which are basically just-in-time updates for more complete protection against new malware, whereas with earlier versions we had to wait for the daily updates issued 1x-2x a day.
avast! has delivered on their promises here, and the result is increased protection, not less.
So, if I see an advert pop-up instead of the expected vpn notification, I don’t really pay it too much mind, knowing that the above is true. The workaround with checking About avast! will always display that an update to the vps database has just happened; erroneous notifications do not affect proper operation of avast here at all. It’s always a good idea to keep this in mind.
True that avast! is the most important program running on one’s system, and expectations are such that one expects all features to work perfectly out-of-the-box. Doesn’t always happen.
This is a minor issue, IMO. It does not affect proper operation and protection by avast!
I did see another pop-up just now other that the expected one when the vps updated to version 131128-1. It’s really not that important, and for a bit there, it was back to the expected operation. Seems it comes and goes, but that’s OK.
I hadn’t noticed the issue was ever fixed, in fact I’m beginning to doubt Avast really care about it, as long as their advertisements appear. When a notification to do with a core issue doesn’t work reliably because it uses some of the same routines as non core advertising, and the developers can’t see why that’s happening, it’s time to separate the two functions entirely, even though that might mean some code duplication.
I think that the two will perhaps especially relating to auto update notification and only activate this issue, eg, different Pop-up.
I have been increasingly this for many years, the problem for many of us is a problem from time to time. If you say there is a short period of time I think the virus has only been squashed to return.
Again, it’s a known issue. IMHO a very minor one.
I get continuous streaming updates so I’m covered.
Since v2014 is on a different update cycle than previous versions
it does not make sense to check the vps update history.
And I seldom check to see if my vps is current. CSU has my back.
