How can I close "Data Collection"?

system · 2015-03-30T16:13:20.000Z

Hello,

I will use Avast Free for my home PC. How can I close all “data collections” in Avast settings?
How much I can prevent this collection with settings? I do not want to give any data to Avast!
Can you please help me thanks?

Eddy · 2015-03-30T16:15:39.000Z

You agreed with the policy when you installed avast.
You can’t block it.
https://www.avast.com/privacy-policy

And not only avast is collecting some data, all av vendors are doing it.

Pondus · 2015-03-30T16:27:18.000Z

if you dont trust avast, why install it?

system · 2015-03-30T16:32:45.000Z

Pondus post:3:

if you dont trust avast, why install it?

There is no trust while online. I just want a bare security from avast… I do not want to Avast collect my informations from me.
I do not have to trust anyone

Sincerely,
yigido

schmidthouse · 2015-03-30T16:32:51.000Z

Pretty much “every” piece of software installed on your OS (especially security) collects ‘Data’ of some sort or another.
Best way to protect ‘Data’ is stay off the internet.

system · 2015-03-30T16:34:04.000Z

schmidthouse post:5:

Pretty much “every” piece of software installed on your OS (especially security) collects ‘Data’ of some sort or another.
Best way to protect ‘Data’ is stay off the internet.

Correct This is what I know.
I just want to decrease this collection as much as I can.

lakrsrool · 2015-03-30T16:52:13.000Z

In the Avast interface go to “Settings” > “General”, you can see at the top of that GUI what options you have available to you regarding your questions.

lucD · 2015-03-30T23:38:30.000Z

Unchecking ‘participate in the Avast community’ in settings and not installing Avast Online Security (the browser plugin) will minimise Avast’s data collection.

system · 2015-03-31T02:32:11.000Z

Yep, All AV’s collect data of some sort. Some more than others. Nothing you can do about it.

http://www.av-comparatives.org/data-transmission-internet-security-products/

system · 2015-04-02T21:00:42.000Z

There is no way to stop some collection by Avast. Avast sends statistics on every update and it sends the every detected files to Labs.
Some vendors can let us to close this collection.
Thank you guys for your answers, I found my answer

Be safe!
yigido

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