Avira Antivir problem

BlueMak · Nov 23, 2008, 04:32 AM

This is very annoying The free version has a pop up style window that advertises their paid product. that is fine, but, it is very annoying when in the middle of a game it switches focus and minimizes the game.

I disabled the auto update feature so that I can do that whenever I wasn't playing a game etc.
It doesn't give a shit what I told it to do. Even with the option to not auto update, it still does whenever the hell it wants.

Am I doing something wrong or is it broken?

Robert McClelland · Nov 23, 2008, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

This is very annoying The free version has a pop up style window that advertises their paid product. that is fine, but, it is very annoying when in the middle of a game it switches focus and minimizes the game.

I disabled the auto update feature so that I can do that whenever I wasn't playing a game etc.
It doesn't give a shit what I told it to do. Even with the option to not auto update, it still does whenever the hell it wants.

Am I doing something wrong or is it broken?

Yes it's annyoing I uninstalled and installed threatfire I love threatfire so far no annyoing pop ups lol. Try Threatfire

mkk · Nov 23, 2008, 08:53 AM

It seems that the popup has a separate executable and could therefor be blocked by means of system security settings:
Disable the Avira Antivir PE Classic avnotify nag screen

BlueMak · Nov 23, 2008, 03:21 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. Let's see if it works.

RoyBatty · Nov 23, 2008, 07:36 PM

I have the Avira Antivir Scheduler service set to manual start and start it only when I want to do the update. Everything is under control this way. But the fix mkk posted could work too

BlueMak · Nov 25, 2008, 11:25 AM

It works MKK.

Nov 23, 2008, 04:32 AM	#1
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,455 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	Avira Antivir problem This is very annoying The free version has a pop up style window that advertises their paid product. that is fine, but, it is very annoying when in the middle of a game it switches focus and minimizes the game. I disabled the auto update feature so that I can do that whenever I wasn't playing a game etc. It doesn't give a shit what I told it to do. Even with the option to not auto update, it still does whenever the hell it wants. Am I doing something wrong or is it broken? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 23, 2008, 08:53 AM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,481 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: Avira Antivir problem It seems that the popup has a separate executable and could therefor be blocked by means of system security settings: Disable the Avira Antivir PE Classic avnotify nag screen

Nov 23, 2008, 03:21 PM	Thread Starter #4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,455 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	Re: Avira Antivir problem Thanks for the suggestions. Let's see if it works. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 23, 2008, 07:36 PM	#5
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	Re: Avira Antivir problem I have the Avira Antivir Scheduler service set to manual start and start it only when I want to do the update. Everything is under control this way. But the fix mkk posted could work too

Nov 25, 2008, 11:25 AM	Thread Starter #6
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,455 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	Re: Avira Antivir problem It works MKK. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*