Chrome and other stealth installations

So, I decided to download the Avast update. And what happened? Some gremlin installed Chrome and related stuff on my PC. I never asked for this. I am happy with Firefox. I don’t like Google. I had to uninstall the things.

This is the worst sort of junk mail, because it cannot be blocked. It comes from a provider whom I elected to trust, my security program, for crying out loud! Avast must have competitors out there. I’m looking for them.

What version of avast was installed?
What version did you update to?
What os are you using?

This has been a PITA with v8.0 You are not the first with this complaint.
This appears to happen without any “opt-out” screen at all.
This has been a known bug which for some reason avast is “still” dealing with.
Sorry it happened to you. If it had happened to me I’d be upset also.

The good news it hasn’t happened with v2014. 8)