Open the avast user interface.
Click on settings.
Click on sounds.
Check enable sounds.
Exit out.
Download an eicar test file.
It should trigger a sound.
I just install my first free security using Avast on both laptops and I do not have sound and not even sure its working.
Any ideas? Thanks

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