You do realize avast! 2014 offers that as well?
As far as I've seen, Avast 2014 doesn't allow neither suspicious file downloads nor suspicious files (evo_gen32 something) to continue on the "actions to take" windows when you've set it to ask yourself what it should do when finding a potential threat.
I can agree to some degree, that Avast 2014 has some advantages over Avast 8 if it works without a problem, for example the faster scans and the better options to exclude single files instead of whole folders, but if there aren't any options to exclude files on demand without going to the chest first, then it's worth nothing.
Also, removing even small options such as deleting single log files instead of clearing all logs doesn't count as an improvement.
Avast 8 used to be good, before the signature/streaming updates suddenly decided to find virus threats in legit applications and because of that categorization, you can't exclude the files on the spot. Let's make an example:
What if Avast finds a legit Windows file suspicious and when it gets removed or send to chest, you instantly get a BSOD and from then on can't even boot up Windows anymore?Because such cases are likely to happen if you make heuristics stronger while removing options to immediately exclude files, I've already switched to another anti-virus for my main computer, though I won't mention which one to not make any advertisement (not even in PMs, so search for yourself whoever is also dissatisfied with Avast).