Hi
Avast in hardened mode uses a large cloud whitelist. I am installing Avast free for a relative who only uses Microsoft Office and Chrome. This relative would never install a new program by herself. So I am thinking of setting Avast up in hardened mode, only thing is ..... I don't want her to select the wrong answer when a block popup of hardened mode shows up (fearing she will choose YES install or Yes allow). So I have enabled Avast to make the (automatic) choices for the user and set Avast in hardened mode and set notifications to silent mode.
So here is the million dollar question: when hardened mode shows a (block) popup to ask the user to allow or block something, silent mode will suppress this message (don't show a popup asking the user what to do), but will it silently block or silently allow it? EDIT1: over 300 views and no answer. I know this is a user-for-users forum, but hopefully someone could ask Avast staff to answer this question.
EDIt2: Eicar to the rescue :-)
Downloading Eicar shows a surpressed notification that EICAR TEST FILE IS SILENTLY MOVED TO QUARANTAINE
Tested with:
1. Protection >> Core shields
a) Malware: enabled "Fix automatically"
b) Potentially unwanted programs and tools: enabled "Resolve automatically"
c) Cyber Capture: enabled
d) Hardened mode: enabled
2. Menu >> Notifications
a) Popup notification treatment: selected "Silent mode"
EDIT3:
This is the desired behavior for me, that is why I changed the title . Only allowing programs whitelisted by Avast reputation services and solving infections automatically without bothering (asking) the inexperienced user (to block or allow) works great.
