Avast updated but suddenly it installed Chrome too

just now I got what I thought was a routine “upgrades are available” message. I clicked to install it. It finished and asked me to restart my laptop. after i did, it shown a box that told me the update was successfull n i clicked 'Finish". then it told me to wait since it need to completed my update. it took a really long time which I thought was strange for an update so i tried to closed it, but eventho i clicked ‘X’ and also closed it from ‘Task Manager’ it didnt closed n just kept showing it was in a completed process. Then around 10 mins later, it finished n i’m able to closed it. Then I saw that a Google Chrome icon was on my desktop. I have removed it from my computer but I am not happy that Avast did that without informing us that would happen, and since i have experienced BSOD, i’m now paranoid of unknown n unauthorized program installed in my laptop.

My question is, will this change anything in my laptop? Does my laptop still save? coz i dont want to have another BSOD or any crashings/problems with my laptop. i have removed n uninstalled it, since i dont want to use Chrome n did uninstall n removed it.

You are still protected. The “accidental” Chrome install is a known issue and you are not the only one this has happened to.
See http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=125379.0

This has been fixed in the new v2014 beta. The final release is scheduled (hopefully) for sometime in October. :slight_smile:

sigh…

thanks for the reply… it just this annoyed me. since i dont even got an option to unticked the Chrome installed, and suddenly it installed. for a paranoid and tech-idiot like me, this just make me more paranoid. and reading the comments about how Avast 8.0.1497 is not good n have lots of issues/problems just not helping.

hope the new v2014 beta will be better than 1497.

thx again

The thing is, they’re always putting that checkbox about installing Chrome in the update box. They just make it smaller every time. You haven’t noticed it, that’s why Chrome got installed.

I was just a chrome-bundling victim too. This is awful.