There is another method for Windows Vista and it can not be disabled by future avira updates, but it only works for Vista Ultimate iirc.

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy
There you can add avnotify.exe and don't allow it to start ever.

A better solution might be Microsoft Security Essentials, especially because it has less false-positives...

The pop-up is definitely the only drawback of Avira's free Antivir. With this little tweak though this makes Antivir the best free antivirus out there.

Tks, it works like a charm. It was very annoying and if the PC was mine, I wouldn't even bother to install an AV but it is a PC which is shared at work

Btw, the default path of avnotify.exe in Win Pro (x64) is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avnotify.exe

Thank you for sharing this tip. I'm using Avira for some months now and these error messages were very annoying.

Once again a nice tip for those using this particular application. However I'm sure the coders and sales staff at Avira won't appreciate it much lol.

thanks, sure this will help a lot of people.

For crying out loud, don't post articles like these! The reason people have been able disable the nag without Avira acting on the problem, is that a sufficient small portion of the users were taking advantage. We had to dig around forums to find solutions. By bringing the solution (well, kind of a solution, the article actually mentions a method which causes the updater to continually try and re-update avnotify.exe) to news headlines, everyone's going to take a stab. Avira will have no choice but to change their nag program to ensure it runs, else disable avguard.

So then we'll just have to post the next work around. Sooner or later these companies will get the hint and just stop nagging us.

I know we shouldn't complain about free stuff
But that's the point. Its free, not free with we are going to tell you to pay every single time you update !

That's free?
Its similar to a new computer with a free Restore included, hmm oh you have to buy the disc (or make an inferior one of your own.

Nothing is just free anymore (without some type complication)
But I don't complain :blackeye:

Why not just delete the file????

I was using Any Video Converter's free version to download and convert youtubes. The nagware used to pop up at the end of the download. Now it pops up at the start, which effectively cancels the download, rendering the free version useless. Any fix for this would be greatly appreciated.

Yea, switch to avast! Everyone loves an AV that can be shut off remotely!

When I did this, the whole Avira application messed up and I had to use the registry cleaner and reinstall it. Weird.

None of these techniques work on Windows 7 anymore. Avira has apparently found a way to deny permissions to change security settings, or even delete avnotify.exe.

I'm deleting it and installing Macafee, which I get free through my work. Not my favorite, but it doesn't annoy me on a regular basis.