Avast gadget missing

[jack13]

Hello everyone i just updated to the lastest version of avast and now the avast gadget is missing ive tried installing again but i cant get it back please help as i really like the gadget.

[DavidR]

Microsoft dropped support for gadgets many years ago, back around windows 7. Some time after that I believe avast also dropped the gadget as it could be a target for exploit.

So what avast version (latest 2015 10.4.2233) and OS are you using ?

[jack13]

Windows 10 and avast version is 2015 10.4.2233 after updating the avast gadget disappered it was working perfect before

[CraigB]

What version did you update from? must have been old as there is no gadget anymore and as DavidR mentioned gadgets were dropped/not supported in the later era of Win7 and no gadgets at all in Win8 and 10.

[jack13]

I updated just yesterday from the previous version and then when i restarted the computer the gadget was gone but its always been here even on the 2015 version

[DavidR]

I updated just yesterday from the previous version and then when i restarted the computer the gadget was gone but its always been here even on the 2015 version

I don't know how this is, if you only updated from the avastUI in the past it is possible that it may have remained. But If you did a clean install of 2015 I suspect it would have gone.

I have an image of avast 2015 custom install and there is no entry for the avast gadget.

[bob3160]

The video I produced when Avast 2015 was first released also doesn't show the Avast Gadget.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onA3NEbPw7A

[jack13]

I didnt do a clean install i just updated when i got a popup saying new update available and then once i restarted my computer the gadget was gone and ive tried a clean install and its still missing i really like the gadget on the desktop so its shame they removed it.

[bob3160]

As David already explained, it was a security risk.

[midnight]

I had the gadget in 2013 on a windows 7 computer

[Para-Noid]

@ -midnight  You may want to uninstall the avast gadget because as David pointed out it's a security risk.

[midnight]

@Para-Noid,

I don't have it installed.  Just posted the screenshot to show I had it in 2013. 

BTW........the only reason I could show the year was because that was my desktop background and I had it saved in my pictures using a flash drive on an old win 7 computer.

[bob3160]

@ -midnight  You may want to uninstall the avast gadget because as David pointed out it's a security risk.

If you're running a current version of Avast, you would no longer have it installed.

[abruptum]

I am using the latest stable Avast version and I have Avast Gadget on my desktop.
It is also offered during custom installation. I guess that is because I'm on Windows 7.
Security risk story is just another BS from Microsoft to "upgrade" my OS to Windows 8/10.

[DavidR]

I am using the latest stable Avast version and I have Avast Gadget on my desktop.
It is also offered during custom installation. I guess that is because I'm on Windows 7.
Security risk story is just another BS from Microsoft to "upgrade" my OS to Windows 8/10.

Try doing a clean install and see if the option is still there, there many hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) of avast users still using windows 7. I rather doubt that they have the avast gadget.

In all honesty, when the gadget was available in avast on my win7 system, I never thought it was bringing much to the party, so I got rid of it.