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@BeSecure I’ve followed some of the various posts around this on the internet as well as the threads here and Avast’s response. My technical knowledge is limited so I’ve had to make a judgement based on the credibility of the posters and what they say, and how I perceive it. My sense is that the protection from malware transmitted over HTTPS is more consequential than the mostly theoretical risks, most of which have anyway been addressed by Avast’s representatives. Of course Avast has laid itself open to the charge of being untrustworthy by the inclusion of Safeprice in the browser extension and other dubious behaviours by the software updater and browser cleanup modules. My conclusion is that the core Avast AV is and always has been trustworthy and I choose not to install the bloat modules. Ultimately you can always switch off HTTPS scanning but, on balance, that’s not a course of action I’ve thought fit to take.