I was looking at some certificates that websites had on Chrome (to confirm its SSL security/authentication), and I noticed that a lot of them are Issued by Avast. For example, here is one from the Weather network’s website
Is it normal for Avast to generate so many of the SSL certificates? If I didn’t have Avast installed would some other certificate authority be issuing these instead?
If you Look in your Browser Settings you will see “Your Browser is being managed by your organisation.” Certainly it does in Firefox, my default browser.
In order for the Web Shield and Mail Shields to to operate as a man in the middle to scan content before it hits your desktop, the Web Shield and Mail Shields have to be able to do that, so they need this certification.
I don’t have that statement in Chrome (my default browser). I have that on my work computer though, which makes sense since it is indeed being monitored by my employer
Regarding the certificate, I restarted my computer and after loading Chrome back up, I checked the certificate for the Weather Network and see that it’s now issued by Amazon