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Title: how to disable voice notification?
Post by: inhahe on May 18, 2009, 12:20:35 AM: i really hate that "virus database has been updated" voice notification. i don't need my PC talking to me. and Avast doesn't seem to have the simple option to disable it. so tried deleting/renaming vpsupd.wav, but i get "Access denied".

what is the easiest way i can get rid of the friggin message?

thanxs
Title: Re: how to disable voice notification?
Post by: Pondus on May 18, 2009, 12:31:13 AM: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080107133619AAQYb5I

how to disable avast sound
Title: Re: how to disable voice notification?
Post by: Pondus on May 18, 2009, 12:37:34 AM: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=42869.0

from avast forum
Title: Re: how to disable voice notification?
Post by: ManyQs on May 18, 2009, 03:21:03 AM: ...

Quote from: inhahe on May 18, 2009, 12:20:35 AM
i really hate that "virus database has been updated" voice notification. i don't need my PC talking to me. and Avast doesn't seem to have the simple option to disable it. so tried deleting/renaming vpsupd.wav, but i get "Access denied".

what is the easiest way i can get rid of the friggin message?

thanxs

This is kind of amusing for me, because for about three or fours years I used (still do) a unit that had no sound card.

You can imagine my surprise when I added a unit to my work station that has a sound card and then the I heard the first time, "Your virus database has been updated." WHAT! WHO THE HECK SAID THAT!!?

But it's a pleasant voice. I don't mind it so much. Better than the old crash sounds, no? Do they still have those on new computers? Last time I heard the crash sound was years ago.

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Title: Re: how to disable voice notification?
Post by: inhahe on May 18, 2009, 08:27:10 AM: Yeah, it's not a bad voice. I just feel imposed upon, for some reason, when voices come from my PC at random times.

Thanks for the solutions
Title: Re: how to disable voice notification?
Post by: jo6pak on May 18, 2009, 09:15:19 PM: I like the audible notifications (freaked me out the very first time, however) and is one reason I chose avast as my main AV client. With other apps, they invariably seem to notify me of somethuing while I'm looking away. I usually end up seeing the box as it is closing, but have no idea what it said. Please don't take this feature away.