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Offline AgentWinChester

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Avast 4 alarm nostalgia & PTSD
« on: January 05, 2022, 01:21:55 AM »
Hi,

I'm French so I thought I might have posted in the French subsection, but anyway...
I've been on Linux for a few years now and sadly, Avast isn't available for this operating system, -yet-. I have asked. BUT, I used to have Windows just like most people do... And...
Do you guys remember this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycs92N_rph8
Yes, I mean, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRsuSFQcjxA
You know...
THIS:


Yes, this exquisite alarm and window that gave a whole kid/teen generation multiple PTSDs from downloading random software off your family computer back in 2008 (I'm  one of them, and not the only one reading comments from the first video)...
You know, back then, my mother would monitor my moves very carefully on the family computer as I had trashed it multiple times -alongside my sister- and all of a sudden when I would download shit, this thing would appear on screen with +105db amplified alarm and my mother would come in and be like "WHO'S BEEN DOWNLOADING CRAP AGAIN??".
I swear I had my eyes closed everytime I clicked a download link as a kid just because I was scared this jumpscare would happen again with that  blue, red and yellow rectangle "avast on-access scanner message" appearing bottom right as a premise.

I have questions I always wanted to ask Avast team about, even after all these years and many versions later:
Why?
Why did you have to make this so scary while asking your users "not to panic" straight after?
Why did it have to be so loud?
Why the spinning radioactive sign?
Why the red?
Why the alarm?
Who worked on the front-end of Avast 4? Please, let me meet this genius.

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More seriously, is there a way to actually bring back this "Avast classic" theme and vibe to newer versions? Through themes maybe?

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Re: Avast 4 alarm nostalgia & PTSD
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2022, 11:19:48 AM »
I've been on Linux for a few years now and sadly, Avast isn't available for this operating system, -yet-.
-> https://www.avast.com/business/products/linux-antivirus
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

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Re: Avast 4 alarm nostalgia & PTSD
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2022, 05:53:16 PM »
More seriously, is there a way to actually bring back this "Avast classic" theme and vibe to newer versions? Through themes maybe?
I doubt the classic theme will return. But basic themes will be available: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?msg=1673807
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0