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What’s concerning is that Avast, even when its MailShield is NOT installed, is monitoring and identifying your online activity so closely that somehow it knows that you are logged into gmail and are sending an email. Avast is then identifying your outgoing email and modifying it to include their advertisement. That’s pretty much the definition of malware.

It’s one thing to scan for viruses, it’s completely another thing to monitor and modify people’s outgoing communications and emails.

Given that Avast collects different types of data from their users, I don’t know if they are collecting the fact that you have a gmail account, and when you are sending your emails. It seems possible that they could even keep track of to whom you are sending emails. It would be good if Avast publicly disclosed every detail that they collect from their users and provide the format of that data so their claims can be validated. I’m not referring to general terms like “we collect analytics” or other ambiguous terms. I’m referring to specific data and the format.

Has a third-party firm or any individual ever verified and validated the data Avast actually collects and transmits to their private servers?