SafeSurf, I did see the Green Popup and I did hear the woman's voice informing me that my Virus Database had been updated. However, that's not to what I was referring.
Let me clarify. Okay, on avast 4.8, whenever a Virus Database Update started ... a static Icon would appear down in the System Tray simulating a Red Arrow and a Green Arrow rotating, provided you had the Setting enabled for this indication to appear. The Red Arrow / Green Arrow Icon would remain in the System Tray while the Virus Database Update was in Progress. I personally found this function / perk extremely helpful. WHY? Because since I have Dial Up, the indication of a Virus Database Update in Progress gave me the option to either stop what I was doing and let the Update run its course more quickly ... or I could continue what I was doing, but I'd at least know that any sluggishness going on was for sure due to a Virus Database Update being in progress.
Now with avast 5.0 we don't have that extremely helpful function / perk.
Oh sure, upon Booting Up my computer every morning, the odds are that a Virus Database Update IS going to take place. But, after that initial Update, I won't have any solid indication of a Virus Database Update in Progress with any subsequent Updates in the day. About all I'll be able to do with the subsequent Updates is to be on the lookout for the Hard Drive Activity LED suddenly getting a solid workout. Of course, what's to say that that Hard Drive Activity LED getting a workout, which I'll be thinking is probably a Virus Database Update ... is actually a Virus engaging in some nefarious, unauthorized activity in my computer?
See what I'm saying? If I'm suddenly seeing a heavy duty Hard Drive churning fest and I'm really not doing anything to warrant it, I won't know for sure at that instant the reason for that mysterious Hard Drive churning. And remember; I'm on Dial Up. So, that mysterious Hard Drive churning can last for minutes.
I'd prefer NOT to have to resort to, "Well, I'll just wait for the Hard Drive churning to hopefully eventually stop ... AND hopefully be followed by the avast Green Popup and voice indication informing me that a Virus Database Update just finished taking place."
It would so be a very welcome peace of mind to have that Virus Database Update in Progress Indicator like 4.8 so that I could immediately know that any Hard Drive churning fests ARE due to an Update in Progress. I don't like the idea of watching my Hard Drive churning away for MINUTES without knowing why.