We have noticed today that (Mac) machines with avast that have updated to version 10.13 have downloaded and installed Avast SecureLine VPN. Has anyone else noticed this? Looks like it has a 7 day free trial. We are using the educational version of avast for Mac. Is this a paid service or will this be free? Is there way to bypass this? We have a University VPN already installed on our machines.
I’m frankly amazed and appalled that Avast stooped to this kind of sleazy practice to sell its VPN package. A popup advertising it would have been one thing. But installing it without the user’s knowledge or consent and then popping up alarming messages to get him/her to approve activation is a crapware practice not usually seen in the Mac world.