What's happening at Avast?

system · 2017-10-10T23:05:59.000Z

I’ve been a huge Avast booster for years and have turned many people onto their AV product. I use them on multiple platforms and use both paid and free versions.

I threw Avast Free onto a laptop the other day, and I have to say I’m shocked at how much it’s become upsell nagware. I know the fan boys and girls on here will instantly start flaming me, but I just can’t recommend a product that behaves this way. The last straw was SafePrice. I didn’t turn this on, and I thought I had infected myself with a toolbar (and I NEVER get infected). When your antivirus starts to mimic the behavior of malware, it’s definitely time to move on.

So I say goodbye to Avast as it goes down this questionable path that erodes my trust in the company and its products. If I wanted nagware and toolbars I could have just skipped installing an antivirus product.

Asyn · 2017-10-11T03:20:09.000Z

→ https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB96#artTitle (Add/Remove components)

Eddy · 2017-10-11T12:18:02.000Z

Safeprice has been there for years and you only found out very recently ?

polonus · 2017-10-11T12:27:57.000Z

That is just why we have a custom install.
Then use that.

polonus

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