On our (two) systems, this version (22.1) was automatically installed, while our 'Update' setting is 'Remind me when an update is available' (not 'Automatically update my appllcation' [sic]).
Any idea why that is?
N.B. The installed versions were rather old (because of the Web Shield hanging (in Chrome) bug (<https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=246736.0>)).
1. Is it possible that a notice did appear but doesn't stay on the screen until you it one way or another. EDIT: Though I would expect that it shouldn't update unless you initiated the update.
2. If I were in your position with an old version (and not wanting it updated), I would have placed the Program Updates to Manual.
3. In that old topic an Avast Team member requested logs to try and pin down the problem.
4. There was also a suggestions to switch of the QUIC/HTTP2 setting in avast.
Did you do either of these two ?
Also
Has this problem ever been fixed?
Afaik, yes. If you have issues, start a new thread and provide details.
Starting a new topic as suggested would keep it out of a topic likely to have multiple threads and not your specific issue.
Yes, I could have set Program Updates to Manual, but as it never did a override of the settings, there was no reason to expect an override. (For example my Windows Update settings are similar. notify but don't install.)
As to the Web Shield hanging (in Chrome) bug, that was reported several times, with logs, and Avast devs reported that it was being worked on. So there was no reason for me to start yet another thread and provide yet more logs for a problem which Avast was working on.
The/my point was that it was never reported as fixed.
That's the problem with new version announcements as this thread, it mentions *some* bugs which were fixed, but not *all* bugs which were fixed and only says "And many more...".
Most other software suppliers provide detailed Release Notes, Change Log, etc., which describe which bugs were fixed. I don't know why Avast - apparently - does not. See the other request in this very thread for such information.
Without detailed bug fix information, the user has to check each and every update to try to find out whether a bug has been fixed or not. A very tiresome and unneeded process.
Anyway, the Web Shield hanging (in Chrome) bug seems to have been fixed. No idea in which version.