Even though I never had a real virus detection testing with the eicar test file even when you knew it was going to alert, for the first time it still made you jump.
The pig squealing was sure there in the old version of the product. I guess 2009 ??? I don’t remember which version it was. But it certainly was there.
Actually, I’ve been using Avast! since last May and have yet to hear that alert. No virus has been detected other than when I tested it with Eicar to make sure it was working.
Never with avast, but once (or more) with old Avira (9 and older) which had not volume setting and also a loud alert sound which really hurts ears when working with a music production program with Headphone (that’s the case happened for me )