Complaint: Avast! Free Antivirus shopping bar? WTF?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I’ve been looking for ways to upgrade my aging computer recently, and suddenly this appears:

http://i.imgur.com/DqiJSEI.jpg

Why is my antivirus telling me how to shop?

http://i.imgur.com/y27ZInL.jpg

Its “recommendation” isn’t even the same thing. WTF???

Thing is, you can close it but you can’t disable it without uninstalling the toolbar. Every single page I open, it has to but in with its “recommendations” which seem to be completely random and somewhat irrelivant to what I’m shopping for.

Last time I checked this is “Avast! Antivirus”, not “Avast! Shopsmart”.

/end rant.

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http://www.avast.com/en-us/faq.php?article=AVKB61#artTitle

You can disable it in the toolbar settings, or you can uninstall it altogether via Programs and Features > Uninstall/Repair.

Using a custom install you get to choose what ends up on your system.

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Thank you, I have disabled it and am enjoying shopping interuption-free :slight_smile: