Hello,
Is Avast 5 beta in disguise or is it a release candidate? In either case is there a way to prevent the hard drive fishtailing I experience when I select the "Ask when an updates is available" option? Also, I noticed, despite being in Silent/game mode Avast 5 still downloaded an update and put my system into a fishtail/stall. I'm up to, and over speed, on security/crypto and silent running. "game mode" means, to me, cease and desist--run with what you got.
I've been through a lot of anti-virus software and firewalls, and nothing irks me more than some program popping-off on its own and informing me, after the fact, what it has done--one minute I'm in a speed boat and the next I'm dragging an SUV with its windows open.
I switch to Avast when version 4 came out. One of the main reasons I liked Avast 4 was the ability to opt-out of automatic updates without the hard drive constantly fishtailing and turning every task into a never ending story.
Thanks in advance.