@OP @garethweston91
It doesn’t strike me as the company that would steal your credit card data and charge something on it other than what you buy @AVAST lol
Besides, by that standard you set you’d have to uninstall probably 90% of what is on your computer, including Windows.
Have you found a free AV with better terms of use?

@others
I find your NSA argument pretty silly. So there is an org out there that can do much more harm? So, anyone who can do less harm is trustworthy? Twisted, flawed logic.
Nor is this a choice between AVAST or the NSA