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Title: Are Community functions implemented in Avast Mac? If so, where are the settings?
Post by: REDACTED on January 30, 2017, 11:43:44 AM
Avast for Windows has a number of 'Community' related features/function, for example "avast! Community IQ".

Question 1: Are any of these features implemented in the Mac version as well?

Question 2: If so, where are the settings for these functions? The windows version has a 'Settings' tab for these, including for example a checkbox for "Participate in the !Avast Community" -- but I can't find any such settings in the Mac version.

Does anyone here know the answer to the above questions?
Title: Re: Are Community functions implemented in Avast Mac? If so, where are the settings?
Post by: Eddy on January 30, 2017, 11:55:12 AM
First hit if you search for it > http://files.avast.com/files/documentation/avast-free-antivirus-for-mac-quick-start-guide-en.pdf

http://bfy.tw/9mEH
Title: Re: Are Community functions implemented in Avast Mac? If so, where are the settings?
Post by: tumic on January 30, 2017, 03:15:49 PM
Hi,
There is no such configuration in the current  Avast Mac Security product. In older versions, ending with version 7.x (current is 12.x),
there was a "Comunity IQ" checkbox controlling a few things like the submitting of crash reports which are all now hardset (or acessible
only using the configuration files).
Title: Re: Are Community functions implemented in Avast Mac? If so, where are the settings?
Post by: REDACTED on January 30, 2017, 09:02:17 PM
Quote from: tumic on January 30, 2017, 03:15:49 PM
Hi,
There is no such configuration in the current  Avast Mac Security product. In older versions, ending with version 7.x (current is 12.x),
there was a "Comunity IQ" checkbox controlling a few things like the submitting of crash reports which are all now hardset (or acessible
only using the configuration files).

Thanks! By 'hardset' I assume you mean 'on, by default', right?

Do you happen to know which data is sent by default then? (The 'Privacy' page isn't very helpful on this matter, since it seems to be mainly written with the Windows version in mind).


Quote from: Eddy on January 30, 2017, 11:55:12 AM
First hit if you search for it > http://files.avast.com/files/documentation/avast-free-antivirus-for-mac-quick-start-guide-en.pdf

http://bfy.tw/9mEH

What a pleasant reaction (A "lmgtfy" link... Really?)

I found that guide (it's hard to miss), however, it is severely outdated. As in: all of the 'community' related settings shown in that guide don't exist anymore in the latest release version for OS X.
Title: Re: Are Community functions implemented in Avast Mac? If so, where are the settings?
Post by: Eddy on January 30, 2017, 09:15:02 PM
As I do not use a MAC, I couldn't check.

But if that pdf is really that much outdated, I think it shouldn't be offered for download. :-\
Title: Re: Are Community functions implemented in Avast Mac? If so, where are the settings?
Post by: REDACTED on January 31, 2017, 10:39:50 AM
Quote from: Eddy on January 30, 2017, 09:15:02 PM
But if that pdf is really that much outdated, I think it shouldn't be offered for download. :-\

100% agreed. It was one of the reasons I came here to check, since I was wondering where all the settings in my version are.
Title: Re: Are Community functions implemented in Avast Mac? If so, where are the settings?
Post by: tumic on January 31, 2017, 01:55:02 PM
Quote from: magonistar on January 30, 2017, 09:02:17 PM
Do you happen to know which data is sent by default then? (The 'Privacy' page isn't very helpful on this matter, since it seems to be mainly written with the Windows version in mind).

The program related info sent to Avast is:

Additional to the program related info, several marketing/sales requests are done by the product which may result in some additional Avast products offers.