« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2016, 07:06:46 PM »
There are two settings:
Settings/Update/Program/Settings - is where you can tell avast to update the program automatically, to ask you when a new update is available, or to (wait for you to) manually update.
Settings/GENERAL/STATUS MONITORING - If you UNcheck the box marked PROGRAM VERSION , avast should no longer monitor (and turn itself yellow/red) when a newer version becomes available.

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