How To Remove The Avast Email Signature

If you use an email client such as Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird, Avast Antivirus may include an email signature at the bottom of the outgoing emails to let the receivers know that the emails have been already scanned for potential malware. The message looks something like this: “This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com” The setting is enabled by default. 

Understandably, the feature seems irritating to some users. It certainly adds an unprofessional element to emails. So, several of you might be looking for a way to remove the Avast Email Signature. If you are one of them, here’s what you need to do! 

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How To Disable The Avast Email Signature?

We understand that Email Protection is a crucial part of almost every reliable Antivirus tool these days. All the security utilities automatically scan emails in your inbox and eliminate potential malicious attachments. But Avast takes the entire scenario a step further and puts an email signature almost everywhere it can. Nothing much, but it just looks like an ad attack! 

In this article, we’ll learn how to stop Avast Email Signature. So, without further ado, follow this straightforward guide: 

STEP 1- Launch Avast Antivirus on your PC and go to the Menu, located at the top-right corner of the screen. From the Menu, locate Settings and click on the same. 

STEP 2- Select Protection from the left panel and navigate to the Core Shields option. Refer to the attached screenshot below for a better idea. 

STEP 3- Now scroll down to the option that states: Configure shield settings and head towards the Mail Shield tab beside Web Shield. 

STEP 4- Simply untick the box next to – Add a signature to the end of send emails. Since the option comes enabled by default. You need to follow the process to manually disable the Avast Email Signature using the tool. 

From now on, your outgoing emails will no longer include the email signature from Avast. In case you want to re-enable the option, you follow the steps mentioned above and check the option “Add a signature to the end of sent emails” in STEP 4. 

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Well, automated email signatures from your Antivirus Software such as Avast is quite annoying. If you are simply not being paid for it, why allow some free advertisements to run on any of your platforms. So, ensure you get rid of these Antivirus Email Signatures as soon as possible! 

I had been using Systweak Antivirus on my laptop, since the program’s debut. Not once did it annoy me with annoying pop-ups. And, it sure kept my system spotless and even blocked suspicious web pages at times. 

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