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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: zpyder on July 31, 2007, 11:20:31 PM

Title: Changing the avast voice?
Post by: zpyder on July 31, 2007, 11:20:31 PM

Am I the only person that thinks it'd be damn cool to change the "Virus database has been updated" voice to a pirate voice? It'd be more fitting with the name.

"Yargh, avast ye. The database has been updated. Shiver me timbers!"

That'd rock.

Title: Re: Changing the avast voice?
Post by: avatar2005 on July 31, 2007, 11:32:24 PM

Hi zpyder & wellcome to the forum 8)
& why not, you are sure can change the voice notification, simply by editing the default *wav file, but in case of anything please be sure to make a backup copy of the originall one 8).
Take care. Rostik.

Title: Re: Changing the avast voice?
Post by: DavidR on August 01, 2007, 12:19:42 AM

Probably ;D

I never hear it anyway as I as a dial-up user have mine set to Ask when an update is available and because you acknowledge the update to install it you don't get the voice notification. 

There used to be a female voice which was good.

Title: Re: Changing the avast voice?
Post by: tls on August 01, 2007, 01:06:55 AM

The second post of this thread   http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=2986.0 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=2986.0)
has a link to download notifications in a female voice.  Just a pleasant female voice, though, not a pirate. ;D

I remembered this thread because I downloaded these sounds after the male voice announcing my virus database update nearly scared me out of my wits once when I was alone in my house.  (I am also on dial-up, but I have updates set to automatic on this computer, which usually works well.)

P.S.  The download link still works.   

Title: Re: Changing the avast voice?
Post by: Tarq57 on August 01, 2007, 02:22:36 AM

How about gotwavs.com/0095461785/WAVS/Movies/Pirates_Of_The_Caribbean_The_Curse_Of_The_Black_Pearl/theyrebemonsters.wav (http://gotwavs.com/0095461785/WAVS/Movies/Pirates_Of_The_Caribbean_The_Curse_Of_The_Black_Pearl/theyrebemonsters.wav)