This email is free from viruses and malware because

[rp_joe]

The free version of avast version 9, is now inserts a message on the bottom of the e-mail
 "This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. "
This is very irritating. It's adding two links to my e-mail (one for image, one for a vast antivirus) which will trip some spam filters. Some spam filters do not allow one link.
Now if I use a link in my e-mail, there will be three links in the e-mail.
Is there a way to turn this off?

[Alikhan]

From the avastUI > Settings > Active Protection > Mail Shield > Settings (wrench iconl) > Behavior  - General section > "Uncheck" Insert note into clean message (outgoing)

[ladyastor48]

This reply did NOT resolve this issue for me...only option given me in above listed procedure was to uncheck scan outgoing mail, no option to uncheck remove clean email note...please help....

[olddog]

This reply did NOT resolve this issue for me...only option given me in above listed procedure was to uncheck scan outgoing mail, no option to uncheck remove clean email note...please help....

If you are using the latest version 2014.9.0.2008 then the setting is located as shown in the attached screen shot.
Remove tick/s from "Insert note into clean message (incoming)" and from "Insert note into clean message (outgoing)"