Why is avast spying on me?

[bob3160]

@oscar199 post:6

I’m gonna do some necromancy on this topic because I’m done with avast now.

Over the past few months I’ve noticed with increasing regularity that every time I hop onto a porn site, Avast chimes in with a helpful “Everyone can see what you’re browsing use our security whatever” notification in the windows toolbar. At first I didn’t think too much about it, but now I’ve realized that it consistently happens only when I browse porn- or nsfw sites, and only on them.

The only conclusion I can draw from this is that Avast is literally spying on my internet browser. Why else would it only show me that pop-up at those times?

This is the last straw, and I’m now officially done with avast. The quality of this product has consistently dropped over the years, and I can’t in good conscience recommend this product to anyone anymore.

It’s a real shame, because it’s been my go-to anti-virus software for a great many years.

I heartily recommend every avast user to stop using this software completely, as to help stem these horrible business practices.

If you’re using the free version, only install the parts that are free. (custom install) or, remove the components that are paid items.