Hi. I’m on windows 7, latest Firefox 37.0.2.
Started getting an avast popup telling me Firefox does not meet security standards and pushing google chrome?
Hi mannyjordan1 
I agree with you that the text of that popup is very dubious. Of cource Firefox is a safe browser.
Avast shouldn’t advertise Chrome like this. I will put this forward.
Greetz, Red.
Unfortunately Chromes standards are going downhill
Not a good message since Google’s Chrome browser has some security issues that right don’t make it the safest browser to use.
I wonder how long ago marketing decided on this ??? Highly doubt it was very recent. 
Really fed up with these type of pop-ups; I think you can disable them but that does undesirable things elsewhere, or maybe you just can’t any more, period. In any case, I wish there was an ‘Adblock’-like plug-in that dealt with this spammy nonsense. Terrible.
The ad turnoff function is only available in the paid versions.
FireFox save?
It was a security flaw in FireFox that lead to the closing of Silk Road and other sites.
I just started getting the same popup shown above from Avast. Not funny.
Agreed.
I found the way to stop the ads-
control panel>programs>uninstall avast.
thx for letting me try free avast, time to move on.
You are not alone. I do voluntary work helping very old people set up computers for simple tasks like Skyping their grandchildren, email, and some online shopping. My first job used to be to install Avast, but the nagging popups have been a source of worry and even fear to people unfamiliar with these marketing gimmicks. So I’ve gone back and removed Avast from all their computers, replacing it with a perfectly good product from a company more considerate of its users.
Today when I logged in and I was just about to turn my system volume up but before I had change to rise it, this add popped up and I clicked it by accident.
Google Chrome was installed instantaneously and set as my default browser. This is absolutely dirty trick to do.
I tried to cancel processes quickly so it wouldn’t install it, but it did… I ended up totally removing gupdate and gupdatem services with cmd.exe and I also fiddled with my Windows Registry and deleted everything that was remotely suspicious with keyword “google”. I’m an amateur so I hope I didn’t mess up anything with my computer but everything has been working almost fine after multiple reboots and shutdowns…
This avast pop-up adware has popped up multiple times during last 6 hours
I specifically installed and use Firefox because it’s easy to modify and I have been using it for many years now but I don’t get it why Avast is trying to force Google Chrome on my computer with every update and now even pop-ups
I am happy with Avast as it has saved my butt many times from viruses.
Please, no more pop-up ads like this that will instantaneously install something when clicked.
Same here. Very annoying to be hammered with same popup every day.
This is a pretty dirty tactic for an allegedly reputable antivirus, but what really takes the p*ss is that the product being offered as a “more secure” alternative to my water-tight Firefox configuration, is Google frickin Chrome.
I won’t waste my time ranting about your horrible advertising tactics; I’m just came to let you know that I’m going to uninstall and move to one of your competitors.
Yeah, sorry avast people but although i do accept the free version has popups to scare less experienced users with that message is wholly irresponsible. I trust mozilla to make a secure browser far far more than i do the advertising company that is google.
id like to point a few things out:
the mozilla corporation receives anywhere from 85 to 95 percent of its combined income from Google. over 165 million was paid out to the mozilla corporation from google in 2011. likewise, Google has been directly responsible for features in firefox, such as anti-phishing in firefox 2. the browser transmits googles cookie twice hourly to receive domain list updates for the anti-phishing services… but we all know the marketing potential google has using a simple cookie. Firefox’s privacy policy states that Google may share information gathered through safe browsing with third parties, including business partners.
moreover, firefox has forever been behind the times when it comes to certain aspects of security, and feature sets.
in 2014 is was the loser in the pwn2own hackfest. it fell to a plethora of zero day exploits and had a number of alleged vulnerabilities ripe for abuse. it also still lacks any real sandboxing capabilities, as far as i know. and regardless of what anybody says… if this is still the case, it is a terrible flaw that needs to be addressed. even internet explorer has a low trust mode.
it lagged behind on out of process plugins, javascript performance, even private browsing…
and still no multi-process architecture? honestly?
it’s a great browser for older machines. it’s a great browser for use on-to-go as a portable app. it’s got an excellent add-on database. it’s still got a few things going for it. but lets not ignore the multiple elephants in the room.
with all that said, i would suggest using some additional software, along side of Avast!, to help secure both Chrome and Firefox.
first of all, see Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit. this application can help protect against zero day exploits in all modern browsers, and provides an excellent layer of security to your browser that Avast! does not, as far as i know. i have tested this software and rolled it out on many client machines. so far i have not had any problems with any of the default, nor all the advanced security features this software provides. i would suggest running it with its default settings for a week or so, and if all is well, test it another week with all advanced settings on. if you have any issues, either reset to default, and enable one by one… or start with everything on, and disable one by one until any potential issues evaporate.
second, check out Zemana AntiLogger. it encrypts keystrokes at the driver level in order to thwart keylogging software. it also provides additional security features which are noteworthy. this include SSL Intrusion Prevention, using such things as data pre-encryption. it also does this by preventing Man-in-the-browser attacks, HTML Injection attacks, and by monitoring the trusted root certificate authorities on your system for fake root certificates.
anyways, my two cents
Hello guys,
can you specify your OS, versions of Firefox/Chrome and Avast version?
Thanks for your cooperation.
Hi,
I apologize, the message is definitely wrong and it’s corrected now. Firefox, Opera and other browsers in their latest versions are safe,of course.
Thnx Martin
But what does the popup looks like now ? Can you ( or someone else ) post a screenshot !
Greetz, Red.
The text now says:
Try Google Chrome browser
Try Google Chrome and enjoy fast, reliable and secure surfing!