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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: loungehake on July 04, 2022, 09:53:47 AM

Title: Avast Free automatically does version updates, even when set to manual
Post by: loungehake on July 04, 2022, 09:53:47 AM
I cannot say for sure that this happens but I have been recently been surprised to see version updates when I have not manually initiated them. I also suspect that this has happened with a Windows 10 system I support but only occasionally visit.  Its user waits for me to to perform the Avast updates because of system disruption following an attempted update from 21.5 to 21.8 last year. I recemtly visited her and was surprised to see Avast 21.5 had apparently automatically updated to Avast 22.3 on 4 April 2022, WITHOUT PROBLEMS!!!

Avast seems to be full of surprises.
Title: Re: Automatic Avast Free automatically does version updates, even when set to manual
Post by: rocksteady on July 04, 2022, 09:59:49 AM
...surprised to see Avast 21.5 had apparently automatically updated to Avast 22.3
Do you mean updated 22.3 to 22.5?
Otherwise it would be a real surprise.
Title: Re: Avast Free automatically does version updates, even when set to manual
Post by: loungehake on July 04, 2022, 05:33:42 PM
I played safe and only updated from 22.3 to 22.4.  I wanted to minimise the chances of a repeat performance of the 21.5->21.8 debacle last year.
Title: Re: Avast Free automatically does version updates, even when set to manual
Post by: info144 on July 05, 2022, 11:22:43 PM
Either way, it's very important you're using the latest version, just in case of any known security vulnerabilities.