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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2015, 10:37:14 PM »
Thank you.  :D

Should I report bug to support via ticket?
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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2015, 11:34:10 PM »
Thank you.  :D

Should I report bug to support via ticket?

You could and also give a link back to this topic.

That said to be a bug it would have be the opposite of what is meant to happen in silent mode and the only thing that I have to go on is a previous post by one of the avast team stating that alerts should still happen in silent mode.
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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2015, 11:36:25 AM »
I have reported bug. I'll let you know when they reply.  ;)

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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2015, 04:07:08 PM »
Thank you, hopefully you will get one soon, but it could be a while depending on the priority assigned.
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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2015, 05:04:40 PM »
Hello. I've recently installed Avast Free Antivirus and sometimes it shows me a LOT of offers. Is there any way to disable this?
I know that you need to make money from free product, but why did you make it ad-supported product?  :(
I do not object to that - they have to earn money somehow! What I do object to most strenuously is that even when you do pay for it it is still continually trying to up-sell you on other Avast products like VPNs and Cleanup. The difference between a freemium business model and blackmail is supposed to be that when you pay the premium they stop badgering you!

And while I'm moaning FOR PITY'S SAKES GIVE UP ON  CAPTCHA'S the damn things stopped working sometime in the mid naughties!


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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #20 on: August 15, 2015, 05:33:55 PM »
Hello. I've recently installed Avast Free Antivirus and sometimes it shows me a LOT of offers. Is there any way to disable this?
I know that you need to make money from free product, but why did you make it ad-supported product?  :(
I do not object to that - they have to earn money somehow! What I do object to most strenuously is that even when you do pay for it it is still continually trying to up-sell you on other Avast products like VPNs and Cleanup. The difference between a freemium business model and blackmail is supposed to be that when you pay the premium they stop badgering you!

And while I'm moaning FOR PITY'S SAKES GIVE UP ON  CAPTCHA'S the damn things stopped working sometime in the mid naughties!

As a paid user you can switch them off - avastUI > Settings General - scroll down and open the Popups section > uncheck the Show popup offers for other avast products.

The Captcha is an anti spambot measure and only for your first three posts.
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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #21 on: August 15, 2015, 07:51:24 PM »
Hello. I've recently installed Avast Free Antivirus and sometimes it shows me a LOT of offers. Is there any way to disable this?
I know that you need to make money from free product, but why did you make it ad-supported product?  :(
I do not object to that - they have to earn money somehow! What I do object to most strenuously is that even when you do pay for it it is still continually trying to up-sell you on other Avast products like VPNs and Cleanup. The difference between a freemium business model and blackmail is supposed to be that when you pay the premium they stop badgering you!

And while I'm moaning FOR PITY'S SAKES GIVE UP ON  CAPTCHA'S the damn things stopped working sometime in the mid naughties!
How did they earn money when Avast was in version 6, 7 or 8 (without offers)? I remember that there was option to disable this offers (for short time) in free version. When they removed this option in Avast Free, there was an other way to disable offers (turn off update alerts) and recently they disabled this one too.

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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2015, 12:27:03 PM »
Same here. Maybe it's a bug.  :)

I have reported this thread in the hope that is will result in investigation by avast as this really shouldn't happen.
I can confirm this. Hope avast team will investigate this minor issue.

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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2015, 02:29:23 PM »
Here's the answer from Avast Support.

"Hello!

Thank you for your email.

The Silent/gaming mode is designed specifically for the times when you want to use full-screen applications without being disturbed. It does not show any warnings whatsoever (but it keep protecting you and silently blocking any threat detected).

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Best regards,

Arina Zhdanova
Technical Support Specialist

Avast Software s.r.o
Budejovická 1518/13A
140 00 Prague, Czech Republic"

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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2015, 03:49:29 PM »
Thanks for the confirmation.

Strange that it goes against what I had seen in these forums. Not to mention, even in silent mode I would like to know if I had just been hit.
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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #25 on: August 20, 2015, 03:54:22 PM »
Thanks for the confirmation.

Strange that it goes against what I had seen in these forums. Not to mention, even in silent mode I would like to know if I had just been hit.
Maybe that was in older versions of Avast. I don't know.  :)

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Re: Avast Free constantly shows me offers
« Reply #26 on: August 20, 2015, 03:57:38 PM »
It wasn't too long ago when much of the complaints about the frequency of the ads and silent mode was offered as an option. Only to find that there is a big downside.
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