Avast: "We found evidence of Grime on your PC"

I DID NOT install Grime Fighter.

so why did I have to create a thread explaining how crappy and uninformative it is?
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=148953.0

so what… an Avast update (notification button) auto-installs it, including to free users like me??

I can’t afford paid software… sorry
if you’re gonna tell me I have 33 instances of “grime” on my compy, then at least have the decency to tell me what it is.
or else kiss your reputation good bye, from my multitude of forwarded bad reports.

I’ve never had the restart/hang issue as reported…
prbly because I use XP (x64) which I personally know has a better kernal than Vista/7/8.
(I don’t mind that XP’s UI sucks other than how overly customizable it is. (get smart))
^ don’t flame me for my opinions, and PM me if you have anything to say. (don’t tell me about the MS support joke)

As a long time Windows 8 user and beta tester, I may not agree with your opinion but,
you certainly have a right to express them. :slight_smile:

Grimefighter must be designed for idiots or complete novices. Who else would allow a software program
to make a bunch of system-level changes without being able to see what they are ?

In my opinion avast! takes advantage of these “uninformed” users. The whole packaging of the
product just reeks of it. Certainly not unique to avast! - perhaps because it has so may free users,
it can be somewhat cavalier about damaging its reputation ?

As a more “informed” free user I would never, ever consider buying avast!
There’s something of the used car salesmen about its whole setup.

may I hear your opinion(s)?? :slight_smile:
(I can’t PM you to ask)

as a programmer, and white-hat windows hacker (I only hack myself),
I’m interested in verifying my knowledge with other users. :slight_smile:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=85094.0

41 pages ._.
I think I’m overwhelmed with enough work thank you XD

but if I must say, I’ve made XP look and work like Win7 entirely.
I don’t like it though so I’m using my own things…
(everything from the modern interface CAN almost easily be ported back to XP)

if only it was just as easy to hack the 7/8 shell and kernal
(my point: I like my freedom over my system)

anyways… I really didn’t wanna derail this thread…
shame I can’t message you another way >_<

41 pages ._. I think I'm overwhelmed with enough work thank you XD
You're the one that asked. :)

lol that I did, I thought you were gonna PM me just telling a few things about 8 being better than XP :stuck_out_tongue:
(other than the UI of course, 8’s UI is nice, other than being limited to THAT system (of 2 systems))

I’d like to keep this thread on topic, but about the topic, now that I think about it…
it’s already been covered multiple times that GF is forcefully installed… (upon updates to Avast)

by normal forum rights, this thread SHOULD be closed, but who am I to call that:
1: I’m only admin of a few 6 forums, NOT HERE
2: the guys here make those calls

to top things off, on my forum, the rights are completely different… blah blah :stuck_out_tongue:

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“by normal forum rights, this thread SHOULD be closed, but who am I to call that”

Why?

again, I’m not admin here

those are just the optimal forum rights which I’m told every forum should follow.
(it was an argument I had about community control on various forums)
I don’t follow them. :stuck_out_tongue:
(I don’t like forums that kill threads)

and from the looks of it, you guys don’t either :slight_smile:
cool :slight_smile:

if you’ll excuse me, I have some dudes to slap :stuck_out_tongue:

Best solution… http://techdows.com/2013/12/uninstall-avast-grimefighter.html

done.

I need to know exactly what’s grime on pc and what the so-called grime doing in my pc. moreover i want to know how they occurred on my pc and whether it causes some harm to my pc. I need someone to tell me about it. thanks.

I guess those who best can answer questions about GrimeFighter are in GrimeFighter forum section

Avast Additional products > Avast GrimeFighter https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=63.0