i just notice that i have Avast SafeZone Browser on my desktop… i dont know WHY the hell AVAST dont ask me before intall it… this is for mi a REALLY SERIUS ISSUE for me… >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(…
So i dont want it… icant unistall it… so i have to look another antivirus… because now im unistalling avast.
It was installed with your permission.
Read the EULA.
Yes, I agree that it would have if avast told people upfront it was gonna install the SafeZone Browser.
Yes, you can remove it if you don’t want it.
All av’s that I have checked (over 20) have it in the EULA that they can install something without the users permission if they believe it is needed for safety of the system.
I find it VERY doubtful if it is NEEDED for the SAFETY of the system. I very much believe that the majority of at least semi-informed users and experts in this field would agree with me on this. Claiming otherwise is calling people stupid.
BTW. If it is needed, then why did the PAID customer NOT get it? Surely they would be the first to get it, should they not?
They already have it as it is only in the Paid versions of avast - it is now being introduced into the free version.
Surely they would be the first to get it, should they not?The users with a paid version of avast did get it first.
As extra info to what David said > https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=184577.msg1301349#msg1301349
Ive been running the free avast for a few years now and this new unwanted safezone browser installed itself on windows xp sp3 home. I tried running the thing without selecting anything on the browser and then exited. Then the taskbar, desktop programs and even the start menu shutdown or user logout won’t work. It’s locked up. I have to hit the power button to get control back. Even the seleting avast on the taskbar to get the menu popup won’t work.
I have 3 other well known browsers already installed and don’t need another one particuarily this piece of junkk software.
I’m not happy that it was forced on me.
I’ll need to find a solution or go with Microsofts anitvir only. It’s not the best but at least I don’t get unwanted programs…
Got on my pc this morning and noticed that the Avast SafeZone Bowser was installed without my permission. I don’t want it so how can I uninstall it?
Uninstall it in the same way you would uninstall any other avast module.
Control Panel > Programs & Features > Avast Antivirus > Change - from the new screen select Modify and uncheck the SafeZone Browser
A have red the EULA, but do not remember anything like this. I searched it again - no luck. Could you please clarify, where in EULA is a permission to install web browsers to my system?
Do a custom installation of Avast and you can uncheck it.
Or, if already installed, go to Control Panel > Programs & Features > Avast > Change > Change and uncheck it from there.
Thanks for the uninstallation instructions. They worked perfectly.
Since the Avast SafeZone Browser wasn’t listed as a separate product in the Add or Remove Programs screen (despite being in a separate program files folder, having a separate start menu entry, etc.), I had been unsuccessfully hunting around in the program files looking for an uninstall.exe program.
A month ago, I installed Avast with only the File Shield component. I didn’t want anything else.
I was pretty happy until this morning; I logged onto my computer to find that I suddenly had a new web browser program installed. No prompting or anything.
I understand that pretty much all software has a EULA that says “we can do whatever we want our program on your computer and we are not responsible for anything bad that happens”, but that doesn’t change the fact that automatically installing additional, potentially unwanted programs after the installation phase without even asking is only going to make people angry.
A lot of antimalware programs (like bitdefender) treat PUAs / PUPs (potentially unwanted applications / potentially unwanted programs) as malware. Antimalware programs shouldn’t install malware!
I think I’ll keep it for awhile. Will the free user’s have it only for a certain amount of time?
I didn’t like it so uninstalled it last evening.
Yep, I think Avast has become the biggest con ever. They know it is installed on millions of PCs worldwide and now they are acting like megalomaniacs and installing crap without our permission. Their greed has ruined the Android app, and now this too. Such a shame.
I used to be proud to say Avast protected my systems. Now, I am embarrassed and ashamed.
Needless to say, after a search of this new malware I was able to quickly remove it.
This is a classic case of the solution becoming the threat. Who guards the guards? we may well ask…
It happened with your permission as has been explained many times.
AMS is free, so where is the greed part there ?
Oh, Eddy, your fanboi approach is commendable, but so naive. 
Again you are wrong.
I’m not a fanboy.
How is this different than spyware/malware? If I wanted this installed I should have had the option when I ran the setup initially, it wasn’t available then, or I should have been prompted for my permission to run the install. To install it and then have the user opt out later, and remove it, is the same as spyware/malware.