7/30/2019 Remove Avast Signature Email
Avast is a great antivirus programStay Protected From Every Type Of Malware With Avast Free AntivirusStay Protected From Every Type Of Malware With Avast Free AntivirusComprehensive malware protection doesn't need to cost a fortune. Many reputable free antivirus programs are equally effective as paid ones, and avast! Free Antivirus stands with the best Windows antivirus programs.Read More, but it has some annoying features that may be enabled without your knowledge. From irritating sounds to tracking your every moveIs Your Antivirus Tracking You? You'd Be Surprised At What It SendsIs Your Antivirus Tracking You? You'd Be Surprised At What It SendsRead More, even this good antivirus solution is flawed.
Somehow @avast_antivirus just started adding an email signature to my gmail, and I never approved or set that up. Extremely not okay.
— Troy Crosby (@troycroz) December 23, 2015 Skyrim mannimarco armor mod.
Avast quietly introduced a new annoyance last month, when it started appending signatures to your outgoing emails — without telling you. Yes, you wouldn’t even know the program was doing this unless someone told you, or if you saw an email from someone else and made the connection.
Even worse, they put this crap into all your outgoing emails whether you’re using desktop mail with Outlook or Thunderbird, or a web-based client like Gmail or Yahoo! mail.
You’ve probably worked hard to craft an email signature that leaves the right impressionHow To Ensure Your Email Signature Doesn't Give The Wrong ImpressionHow To Ensure Your Email Signature Doesn't Give The Wrong ImpressionAn email signature is your wave of goodbye. It's how you make an impression. Or not. Here are a few tips on what you can do with your own email signature.Read More, and having Avast hijack it without telling you is both a violation of trust and makes you look silly when sending important emails. If you decide this isn’t worth ditching Avast over, it’s easy to disable.
Open Avast by double-clicking the orange sphere icon in your notification area, or just search in the Start menu for Avast. Once in the program, click the gear icon in the top-right; you’ll be in the General tab. Now, just uncheck Enable Avast email signature to be rid of this nuisance.
There’s one other place you may want to check to ensure this is totally disabled. Switch to the Active Protection tab in the settings, then click Customize next to Mail Shield. Under the Behavior tab, uncheck Insert note into clean message (outgoing) (and you might as well uncheck the box for incoming clean messages, too, since it’s useless).
Did you notice this email signature on any of your emails? Will this make you stop using Avast? Let me know what you think of this scenario below!
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Avast is Lifehacker readers’ favorite antivirus program but it sure can be annoying. A recent update now inserts a footer advertising Avast into your outgoing messages. Here’s how to turn it off.
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Imgur user Sinuce notes another place you might have to change settings:
Both settings are turned on by default, which is very annoying—especially because you might not be aware that this signature is being added to your emails until you see one of your sent messages. I tried to send myself a couple of emails to trigger this signature but without luck, so it seems like it gets inserted randomly.
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Here are some other settings you might want to change in Avast to make it less annoying.
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