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Title: Avast data usage
Post by: jbrian00 on October 21, 2012, 03:15:04 PM

Hello,

Avast is using some data, I think because I had the option set to Report the status to my avast account every 60 minutes, which is the default.  Can there be an option to only sync this information if connected to wi-fi?

Thanks

Title: Re: Avast data usage
Post by: Lisandro on October 21, 2012, 08:07:26 PM

If you're in a rooted phone, you can set the firewall for only wifi for avast! Mobile Security.

Title: Re: Avast data usage
Post by: Filip Havlicek on October 22, 2012, 10:54:23 AM

Hi,

actually sounds like a good idea, I think we will do that.

Filip

Title: Re: Avast data usage
Post by: jbrian00 on October 23, 2012, 12:45:15 AM

I also noticed that unchecking "Report status to my avast account" does not hold...I go back to the menu and it is checked again.  I had to disconnect from my account in order to stop the data transfer.

Title: Re: Avast data usage
Post by: Lisandro on October 23, 2012, 02:27:33 AM

I can barely believe I gave a good idea to life...

Title: Re: Avast data usage
Post by: Ondra Cermak on October 25, 2012, 12:19:25 PM

Hi jbrian00,

Thanks for the report, there's in fact a bug that causes that the status reporting can't be disabled.

Also, could you tell how many data has been transferred by us? Because I have the reporting enabled on my phone (each 60 minutes) and it consumes less than 1MB a month, and that's together with virus definitions updates. It isn't so bad I think.

Ondra

Title: Re: Avast data usage
Post by: jbrian00 on October 26, 2012, 12:31:44 AM

The data is about what you say...not a lot but I have a low data plan so I try to squeeze every MB out of it.  I think as long as I can tell it to not report so it will not use data to do that, I should be fine.

Title: Re: Avast data usage
Post by: Filip Havlicek on October 26, 2012, 07:36:19 AM

Well, I think the database updates take most of that. The account reporting should be something like 5-10% of the total amount.

Filip

Title: Re: Avast data usage
Post by: jbrian00 on October 27, 2012, 12:42:17 AM

Fortunately for automatic updates I can set it for Wi-Fi only.