Avast email alerting with Gmail

Avast email alerting with Gmail

Since I'm the IT person, I'm setting up everyone on Avast (unfortunately MSE is going away).

Avast has a handy 'hay IT guy, you have a virus' alerting system, but it's a teensy bit buggy.  Mostly silent timeout periods that make it look like nothing is working.  Here's how to get it working with Gmail.

Here's what you need:

• E-mail (SMTP) address, username@gmail.com or whatever your Gmail account is
• SMTP settings are...
• Server: smtp.gmail.com
• Port: 465
• Security: SSL/TLS
• From address: I used... firstname.avast@domain.com
• Check 'requires auth'
• Enter your gmail sign on stuff

The obvious flaw in this is if I ever change my gmail password, I have to make the rounds with family.  But that's ok.  I'm thankful that the feature even exists.

edit:  Oh, and the settings I changed:

• Only using browser and file AV
• Fully auto updating across the board
• Silent mode across the board
• Email alerting (under 'antivirus' settings)
• Uncheck notify for updates (since it should do updates auto)