Avira Popup

I was trying to remove the Avira popup; however, when I try to access gpedit.msc, secpol.msc or use Local Security Settings I get an error message-

MMC could not create the snap-in. The snap-in management might not have been installed correctly.

Name: Group policy (or ...)
CLSID: [set of numbers as letters]

 

Yeah... I was going to ask what OS was being used.... LauraR beat me to it!
:confused

 

OK; The 'Disable the splash screen worked. I remembered that I did this a while back; howevere and update to Avira totally removed/overwrote the "/nosplash" switch.

Thanx

 

The splash screen is different from the screen mentioned by the OP. The splash screen is the Avira logo that comes up for 5 seconds when you boot to the Windows desktop; the screen the OP wants to disable is the "buy the pro version now" nag screen that pops up whenever Avira does its daily update. I use Avira and had no problems killing the nag by using the 3rd set of instructions posted above by LauraR (I'm running XP Pro).

 

One thing everyone should know... On the new version of Avira, they have change the location on your hard drive it installs to. it is now "C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop"

They changed the folder "AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic" to "AntiVir Desktop" as the default install location. I don't know if they did this trying to fool people into 'keeping' the pop-up screen when it updates.

 

On another note.... I recently installed the newest release of Avira's AntiVir (from this link) on my home PC (about 3-4 weeks ago) and I have absolutely no recollection of making the above edits to stop the nag screen (I've done it in the past w/o issues), but I have not seen any nags since I installed it. Perhaps Avira finally removed it from their top-notch free AV app!
:celebrate

 

No luck. I updated and got the same popups as before.

 

:-o I just went and checked my policy settings rolleyes I guess I did make the changes and just have no memory of doing it. This is a direct result of having "too much fun" in my early 20s following the Grateful Dead around; my memory is like swiss cheese :innocent

LOL

 

If you are asking how to disable the popup, it is exactly like you quoted in your first post, it's just that the path has changed.

C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avnotify.exe
has changed to:
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avnotify.exe

*the reason you may not have a 'securities' setting is that simple file sharing is turned on*

 

Glad you got it going.

 

No luck. as per my initial post. The Avira popup is still there. I have tried all the choices and cannot access gpedit... (Even in Safe mode)

"I was trying to remove the Avira popup; however, when I try to access gpedit.msc, secpol.msc or use Local Security Settings I get an error message-

MMC could not create the snap-in. The snap-in management might not have been installed correctly.

Name: Group policy (or ...)
CLSID: [set of numbers as letters]"

 

Thanx for the response. I will repost.