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Disabling the update pop up in Avira. - Mark - 17-06-2010
If you're using the Free version of Avira, you'll know that a nagging notifier to upgrade to the premium version pops up every time you update the Avira database.
To disable it simply follow these steps:
For XP and Vista Users:
1. Start-> Control Panel
2. Administrative tools-> Local security policy
3. Click on Software Restriction Policy-> Action (at the top)-> create new restriction policies
4. Right-click additional rules (on the right side)-> new path rule
5. Click Browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\(Avira)\AntiVir Desktop\ and double-click avnotify.exe
6. Set the security level to Disallowed-> apply-> ok
Update: In the new Avira if you install the toolbar you don't get the update popups either.