Avast Antivirus displays notifications about other available Avast products, as well as information related to Avast activity, product updates, warnings, and alerts. You can manage these notifications in Avast settings.
Manage popup notifications about Avast updates
To disable popup notifications about Avast updates:
Notifications about new updates is ticked by default to keep you notified about outdated products that may slow down your PC. If this option is unticked, you can check for outdated software manually.
- Open the Avast user interface and click
☰Menu ▸ Settings.
- Select the Performance tile in the left panel, then click Software Updater.
- Untick the box next to Notifications about new updates to disable notifications.
Manage all popup notifications
To disable all popup notifications:
- Open the Avast user interface and click
☰Menu ▸ Settings. - Ensure the General tile is selected, then click Notifications.
- Tick the box next to Use silent mode to turn off all pop-ups, alerts and messages.
All notifications are now silenced.
- Avast Ultimate 19.1
- Avast Premier 19.1
- Avast Internet Security 19.1
- Avast Pro Antivirus 19.1
- Avast Free Antivirus 19.1
- Microsoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1, 32 / 64-bit