Avast popup ads? Are you KIDDING me??

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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So what you are saying is that all 3:rd party a/v:s have ad-popups (not just warning/update/usefull ones)? In that case, I am more assured that my decision (taken yesterday, I was still thinking of it when I posted this thread) to uninstall avast and go for windows defender was the right one. I simply cannot accept popup advertisement pollute my computer environment.

Imagine all you installed apps/programs taking the same right. Your media player pop-up-offers you music or movies perhaps based on your media habits, your browser advertises pages you might want to visit based on traffic, Acrobat Reader sees that you are often working with economy/business and thinks you might be interested in books about that, your cloud app pop-ups offers about a larger subscription, Windows/Ios itself takes the right to offer you Microsoft or Apple applications you might be interested in, your Nvidia/ATI app asks you every day if you are REALLY sure you don’t want to upgrade to a faster video card, your webcam is surely not the most recent product and maybe you want to “upgrade” it, your sound card, your hard drives, your bloody USB-memory…

You see where I’m going, it would be a lot of pop-ups trying to get your attention. Then the competition forces them to take the next step in order to be seen. And what is this next? Changing the background to “Offer of the day”? Playing sound-ads through the speakers? Mailing my e-mail contacts? Uploading my backup-contacts and text them? Pausing your on-going media to play/display offers? Changing your boot-screen? Installing “free trial”-apps on your computer?

No, a line has to be drawn and everyday pop-ups are way crossed that line. Android users drew the line when fully “legit” apps were bundled with advertisement apps that once in a while activated you a notification event about a generous offer (sounding like you got a text/e-mail/tweet/etc and displaying a message in the notification bar on top). No matter how far advertisers pushes the line (as in increasing user tolerance), it is always motivated by “it’s free, we need ads to keep it free, you haven’t payed so don’t complain, no one forces you to use the product, etc, etc”. The fact is that often none of that is true, the free user base is just another product model. Browsers, as an example, makes money from in-browser searches and sometimes licensing.

Sum summarum: Even though am primarily motivated by the fact that pop-ups are plainly annoying, I also have a wider perhaps more rational reason. I get that everyone isn’t there yet, as in not enough annoyed by the pop-ups, but I personally am and that is why I have chosen to uninstall avast and post this thread.

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I have a very good advise for you.
Go use DOS 1.0 and don’t connect to the internet

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You could also try the following:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=93544.msg796558#msg796558
It will certainly tame the pop ups. No pop ups might need a drastic measure
as suggested by Eddy. :slight_smile:

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@ exitexit It appears that the only one in this thread complaining about pop-ups is you.
It also appears that you have adopted your position for the sole purpose to complain.
Congratulations! Your diatribe has accomplished absolutely nothing. As for me and everyone
else in this thread we have accepted the pop-ups as business as usual. I also find it very difficult
to believe you “never” got an infection while surfing with “no” anti-virus not even Windows Defender.

             To completely get rid of "all" pop-ups use the "silent/gaming mode".

             Sorry, your argument and position hold no water.  :)
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Again, you are in my thread whining?

Thanks, if I would have had avast still on my computer I would’ve tried that.

I created the thread in avast forum, frequented by avast-fanboys, I didn’t expect an uprising.

If it appears so to you, then maybe you should revaluate that assessment.

Providing feedback isn’t an effort to accomplish anything. At least not other then mediate information (in this case, my point of view), and looking at the number of reads this thread has gotten, I’d say it is accomplished. I also asked for good reasons to keep avast, and I got those reasons. Even though these reasons were ultimatly outwighted for me personally, I’d say that was another accomplishment.

Good for you. It is off topic though, since it does not have anything to do with my reasons to keep or uninstall avast, and it is not an answer to the request for good reasons to keep it.

Well, you believe what you want. But maybe you have listened a little too much to the ones who have an interest in saying the internet is a super dangerous place and that you absolutely MUST have their software to protect yourself? Preferably pay for it. Which they remind you of. A few times every day. In a pop-up.

Au contrair, my arguments and position does hold water as you can clearly see. There hasn’t been anything said (argumentatively) in this thread that I haven’t answered.
I would have tried the silent/gaming mode if I still had the software on my computer, perhaps if I try it again in the future. Thank you for your suggestion.

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Thanks, if I would have had avast still on my computer I would've tried that.
If it's no longer on your computer, why are you still complaining and writing essays ??? If you're using Defender, it's time to move on to their Forum and start complaining over there. ;D
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I’m happy to let the thread die out.

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Well, this was almost scary to read. So much passion and hatred. Not for me.

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Lot’s of passion Yes. Hatred, never. Probably some misunderstanding and lack of knowledge.