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Ultimate advice

Your review of Avast Ultimate (see issue 355, p84) reassures me that I have no need to think about changing my antivirus software.

In the final column of the review, you mention your entirely reasonable annoyance at banner ads that prompt users to purchase additional apps such as Avast Breach Guard and Avast Driver Updater. Users can disable such pop-up ads in the configuration menu for Avast Premium Security. Head to Menu | Settings | Personal Privacy | Offers and then just untick the two boxes in that section, as shown in the screenshot.

Simples!

Raymond Dalgleish

Second-hand thinking

Have you ever featured an article on buying second-hand computers and components? As a budget-conscious PC user, I am often tempted by second-hand PCs and parts

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