Avast introduced voice notifications for its Avast 5 version for events such as when virus database was automatically updated, or potentially harmful file is detected. These voice over popups are annoying, its good to know about virus database update or harmful file detection as virus through popups but these voice notifications are annoying,
Animated Avast icon runs in the tray also annoys a bit, but you can easily turn off Avast voice notifications and its animated tray icon, here is how.
1. Open Avast User interface, click Settings
2. Select Sounds and uncheck “use voiceover sounds when available“ or you can completely disable Avast sounds by unchecking “Enable Avast sounds” .
Now to turn off Avast’s animated icon, under Avast Settings select Basic settings, for Appearance section uncheck “Animate the icon when scanning”.
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Thanks for the article. It’s good they have these options to disable the voiceovers. I just started using Avast for the first time, and although it looks like a great program so far, I was ready to uninstall it if there was no way to disable the annoying voice! Not just annoying, very annoying. The default volume of these voice sounds is way too loud, and definitely inappropriate when you are at a public place like a library or coffee shop and then all of a sudden Avast wants to notify you of something.
Good!
I hate the Avast voice!!! I just started using it a few days ago and i hate it! I was listening to a youtube video kinda loudly because it was a quieter video and as I ended the video I get a loud “AVAST ANTIVIRUS IS NOW UPDATED!!” I flippin jumped up so high. I was totally freaked out because it was at an incredibly inappropriate volume level. I hadn’t been informed of all the features so I didnt know it would talk to me, but I didn’t know it would be so loud! Even a couple days ago I was in bed and I got jolted out of a deep sleep at 4 am to the bleeping thing shouting “AVAST ANTIVIRUS IS NOW UPDATED” I was like “what the hell!” I had forgotten to turn off the volume. But, I cant just turn off my volume at all times in order to avoid this problem, I do want to watch stuff online and need volume for that. Thank you for this article. I tried to get my dad to come over and take a look at it but he kept saying “oh you are smart enough to figure it out” I was about ready to uninstall the stupid thing!