Hi. I have a few questions about the Avast Security app for Mac.
I installed the free Avast Security app on two Macs: a Mac Mini and a MacBook Air, both running macOS 10.13.4.
I have not upgraded to the Pro version of Avast and I have no plans of doing so.
I don't like to have virus protection running in the background. I prefer to run a scan manually every once in a while. I therefore have all of Avast's shields turned off.
My first questions: I regularly see a little pop-up alert on my Mac Mini saying Avast has updated its virus definitions. However, I'm not seeing the alerts on my MacBook Air. So I'm concerned the virus definitions aren't being updated on the MacBook Air. I have no idea what it's only happening on the Mac Mini. Does anyone know?
Second questions: When I go to the Account section on the app, and enter my username and password, I see a message saying "Avast Security is trying to install a new helper tool." I have clicked "Cancel" because I don't know what the helper tool is for and I don't like having a lot of helper tools running in the background. Does anyone know what the helper tool does? I don't believe it's running on either Mac, but I'm wondering if I'm wrong and the helper tool is responsible for the virus definition updates. Does anyone know?
Thanks,
Sylamar