The little toaster popup is the continuing (and intermittent) screwed up virus definitions auto update notification (about which there are lots of topics) and the community settings have no effect in that regard.
If you browse the forums you will see several topics relating to a known bug about updates.
1. no auto update notification popup (commonly displays an avast! tip - Ad, instead).
2. no audio voice over for the auto update.
3. the popup delay timings don't appear to work either.
These tips popups have in the past been piggybacked with the auto update update notification, so the only way to get rid of them would be to disable the auto update notification, which if you want the update notification (when it works correctly) would remove everything.
- Unchecking the "show social networking features" as suggested won't work as they are piggybacked to the auto update notifications. The only way to get rid of them would be to uncheck the auto update notifications, reducing the duration of the popups won't work either as it doesn't appear to work as it used to (so another bug).
I can't comment on the one in the main avastUI, as I don 't know why that would be there in the paid version. I also haven't seen it in either toaster popup (auto update notification) or in the avastUI and I can't read German in the attachments. So I can't say if it is an add or a renewal offer or what.
The ad on the home screen and the popup say almost the exact same thing.
the home screen says:
Christmas offer.
Get our maximum security package for a ridiculously low price!
valid until December 18th, 2013.
know more.
the popup says:
Christmas offer.
Get our maximum security package for a ridiculously low price!
know more.
It´s obvious that whatever makes the popup, makes the big ad as well.
This is just frustrating and disrespectable
I dont think i will renew my license.
Thank you all for the help.
PS: I´ve attached the popup to this post. The other ad is on the original post.