Why is avast! sneaky by installing SafePrice without asking permission?
Why does avast! hide SafePrice so it cannot be unselected in the settings?
Why does avast! let people disable SafePrice for only 24 hours at the bar when shopping?
The following is a website that will show you how to remove SafePrice permanently.
If avast! doesn’t change this policy when my subscription is up I will not renew. Too bad, it is a nice product.
I can understand it if avast! used SafePlace as a means to generate an income from those who use the free version, but not for someone who pays for the service.
When you install avast you can select what (additional) things you want to install or not of you chose the custom installation.
If you have something installed and don’t want it, you can remove it through:
control panel > software > avast > change
SafePrice when it was integrated was a part the Avast Online Security - Browser Protection in the avast Tools section of the avast custom install and can be uninstalled as outlined by Eddy.
You can also change the settings in the Avast Online Security (AOS) browser add-on and uncheck the SafePrice option.
That said the SafePrice was dropped from installs from later avast program updates/installs and was a stand alone installation. However, if you had previously had it as part of the AOS add-on then I believe it would still be present on program updates unless you did a custom install.
The article that you reference is from April 27, 2014 and things have changed considerably from then.
The advice to “Register with a dummy email address to avoid getting more Spam” could well cause you more problems and installations of avast have to be linked to your my.avast.com account and that requires validation of the email.
Having used avast for almost 11 years I have no idea what spam they are referring.
Thanks.
For Windows 7 the procedure would be:
Start > Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features
Once in Uninstall or change a program right mouse click and the a box pops up with the two choices.
I took a look and the warning that popped up when trying to back out was a bit unnerving. The method described at the website in the above post is more friendly.
My questions were not rhetorical. It doesn’t seem reasonable to have to go through a custom set up in order to not have an avast! marketing tool installed. A tool the end user doesn’t even have a clue exists.
I would say this is a bit underhanded and is the sin of omission on the part of avast!
Dave,
Thanks. I already was able to uncheck the box by using the AOS address supplied by the angloinfo blog.
Firefox:
chrome://wrc/content/options.html
Chrome:
chrome://extensions
Your reference to Chrome browser leads me on to another issue related to Chrome the chrome version of AOS has to be installed as a stand alone extension and not part of default avast install (which is the case for firefox and IE I believe).
Chrome has a feature (haven’t a clue exactly what it is called, not being a chrome user) were synch/restore previous extensions, I guess it thinks it is doing you a service that could well bring back the AOS extension with its SafePrice function enabled.
This was installed as part of the Avast update:
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1426270101075-12757.png
I was suggested by Safeprice to a website called Wilz SuperStores http://www.wilzsuperstores.com/ , price was half of what newegg and others were offering for the same Asus ROG laptop that I wanted. I was weary of this site as it seemed cheaply made, but I trusted Avast and its product. I went ahead and place the order. First email I received confirmed my purchase, second asked for verification of mailing address which I did. Third email from them to me said their CC processing company was down and that I should MoneyGram them the money to their accountant and then provide them with the number that MoneyGram gives. At this point I know for a fact its a scam…first no CC processing company would be done for more than 2 hours or a day at the most. Second they could always run my order through google wallet or other such services for a minor fee which would as a good business be willing to eat in order to conduct their business if they were legit. I have seen posts on other forums about them as well saying the same exact experience as what I got. Luckily my cc company will protect me against fraud purchases, however its possible they now can commit ID fraud using my info so I just want to say to Avast…how are you going to make this right? Will you clean up my credit rating if they screw me over with getting new cc’s under my name? Will you reemburse me for the time I will have to put in for filling out paperwork when they do go on a spending spree with my cc information?? I hope so cause the other option is I sue your company for being an accessory to CC fraud/Consumer Fraud. I expect a reply to my post and an email too. Here is my email address jwicks279@gmail.com Stop suggesting website that you have not 100% verified full that they are not pulling scams. Jeff
Welcome to the forum. 
Looks similar to the following:
http://www.phantompilots.com/threads/fraud-or-no-fraud-blue-is-them-red-is-me.38820/
I certainly would not have anything further to do with this merchant.
I’ve alerted a Moderator to further expedite this incident.
Why do I have to remove it again with the current update 12.2.2276?
Thanks, discussion should better continue on there.
Would however have been great if the search function had not displayed “no results” when I did a search for “safeprice 12.2.2276”…
You’re welcome.