Chrome

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello

long time user first time complaint.
why on earth dose it keep asking me to install chrome. anybody with a brain cell knows that some spyware progs do NOT pick up what that browser can let in, i used it twice and i got a shed load more issues than Mozilla, why is it every time i get a update to the A-AV prog it seems to want me to get it, if its because they have connections then well that would explain alot but i don’t want to be asked to change my browser every time the prog updates, its rude :confused:

can anybody explain why they do that?

p.s im never dropping Avast they have been awsome in protection to me and i use FREE, 10/10in my opinion, minus the asking to do chrome

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That’s exactly right. :wink:

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Asking? I’d love it if Avast asked before installing Chrome! >:(
Got a notification to update, and no indication whatsoever that doing so would install unwanted software and change my default browser!
With how hard it is to even file a complaint about this nonsense, I’m about ready to switch to a different antivirus.
This is definitely not the way to make me want to upgrade to premium!

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You can submit your feedback in “About Avast”.

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i agree wth Kefke, i acepted a simple program update an i ended up with chrome long with chromium which was hijacked, i like my mozilla and i kepp IE as a secondary just in case, but when my AV seems to want me to go to a browser that i personally dont like or appove of and foce installing itself even though i have said “NO” each time, i think there is more too it personally.

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They did ask. It happened after the install of Avast at the time you were asked to reboot the system.
You probably missed it and you weren’t alone. :frowning:

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Most likely bud, but i do find it a bit forceful to install a browser to which i know has “holes” (my spelling is bad. i know common browsers correct but then ill never learn), as i said the avast prog update didnt give me a choice recently, when i wrote this post i had a chance to untick (like i have been for ages) and recent i had chrome and chronium, i know chronium has hijackers but AV didnt spot it unfortunately, im starting to lose faith in AV or A-AV which ever is best, i just wish Avast didnt keep asking me to install a Browser, if i wanted it ill get it, ill stick with what i know, (Im 25 but im OLD SCHOOL)

Regardless im not removing A-AV its done me well for many years