How Do I Hide Avast Update Window? its Annoying!

[DavidR]

The Avast Driver Update is a paid product, I don't even know if this is included in the Avast Premium antivirus.

Nope, not included in Premier either. It's a separate product, like e.g. SecureLine.

It's time they sorted this mess out, it is bad enough paid options icons being in the free UI and possibly worse Stand Alone options in the free and paid versions.  Especially so when I/users make a point of doing a custom install and deselect options they don't need or want.

I wonder if half this cr4p isn't actually there to run in the background/scans for the purpose of throwing up adverts.  Is this a possible cause of the increase in size of the off-line installation file.

[bob3160]

The Avast Driver Update is a paid product, I don't even know if this is included in the Avast Premium antivirus.

Nope, not included in Premier either. It's a separate product, like e.g. SecureLine.

It's time they sorted this mess out, it is bad enough paid options icons being in the free UI and possibly worse Stand Alone options in the free and paid versions.  Especially so when I/users make a point of doing a custom install and deselect options they don't need or want.

I wonder if half this cr4p isn't actually there to run in the background/scans for the purpose of throwing up adverts.  Is this a possible cause of the increase in size of the off-line installation file.

I brought up theses concerns on the developers channel. Hope we get a reply.

[bob3160]

The Avast Driver Update is a paid product, I don't even know if this is included in the Avast Premium antivirus.

Nope, not included in Premier either. It's a separate product, like e.g. SecureLine.

It's time they sorted this mess out, it is bad enough paid options icons being in the free UI and possibly worse Stand Alone options in the free and paid versions.  Especially so when I/users make a point of doing a custom install and deselect options they don't need or want.

I wonder if half this cr4p isn't actually there to run in the background/scans for the purpose of throwing up adverts.  Is this a possible cause of the increase in size of the off-line installation file.

I brought up theses concerns on the developers channel. Hope we get a reply.

Here is the reply I've received from Avast:
"It looks like he installed Driver Updater already - you can run it and test it (eg do the scan and see how many old drivers you have).
You only pay if you want to update it. It should be visible in Add/Remove programs (or Apps and Features in Win10)
as a standalone app and it can be uninstalled from there.
The empty window indicates that there is no online content for that window or installation was somehow corrupted. "

[MartinZ]

Driver Updater integration into Antivirus is only the screen in UI. Antivirus installer isn't bigger, no Driver updater service is running.  If user chooses to try Driver updater then the Driver updater installer is being downloaded and executed.

[bob3160]

Thank you for the updated information Martin.