Did Avast Free 2015 remove all pop-ups?

[hopefully_secure]

I have read that they removed the virus database pop-ups but I haven't even been getting program update pop-ups or any ads (not that I'm complaining about this one). Is this normal?

 

[MalwareT]

Can you show me your settings:

Settings>General>Popups ?

 

[Ink]

@hopefully_secure No, some pop-ups in Avast Free cannot be disabled, and may additionally receive a pop-up to take a survey. For example:

To hide all Alerts and Pop-ups you can enable Silent/Game mode, but you will not receive any important notifications.

 

[hopefully_secure]

Strange, I have the default pop-up settings but I haven't seen a single pop-up, yet I had them constantly in avast 2014. Thanks.

 

[Piteko21]

hi, i have the same "problem". i install avast but for 3 days that i don t receive any pop up about virus database.

 

[hopefully_secure]

hi, i have the same "problem". i install avast but for 3 days that i don t receive any pop up about virus database.

The virus database pop-ups were removed as they were confusing people apparently, you are still supposed to get auto-update pop-ups for the program itself though, which I'm not. I'll try a clean install because avastsvc.exe is using up an abnormal amount of CPU anyways.

 

[hopefully_secure]

Ah, nevermind, I figured it out. Apparently it doesn't alert you when there is an update available if you have it set to auto-update the program itself, I was hoping for at least a heads up that one came out.

 

[Piteko21]

but i go to uninstall and install my AVG INTERNET SECURITY, i prefer avg, avast its too heavy on my pc

 

[MalwareT]

but i go to uninstall and install my AVG INTERNET SECURITY, i prefer avg, avast its too heavy on my pc

Are you serious ? I had Avast! on 256MB RAM PC and no system slowdown

 

[Circe]

I've never heard of Avast slowing down or being too heavy for a PC. Very strange.

 

[Piteko21]

i don t like avast, i had a bad experience once besides i have avg internet security that works very well in my machine

 

[Circe]

That's fair enough. You have use what you feel comfortable with.