Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
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Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
12-07-2014 4:25 PM
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An option called SafePrice which when you surf (has now appeared)
Using the nice 25.5o weather for the example
To turn it off right click on the Avast online security green icon, in the top right of your browser
Then choose options, & a new page will open with other default opptions like Allow submission of anonymous data to enhance our services
Just untick the options you do not want & click on save
It is bad enough that the have added
Software Updater
Grime Fighter
Yet, apart from the detection rates, they have gone the same way as AVG
Why OH!! why, do these companies think they know best
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
12-07-2014 5:27 PM
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From what I have read the free version for the average home user is just as good as the paid version.
Not that I use any version but was aware of the above as SWMBO uses windows.
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
12-07-2014 8:28 PM
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I continue to turn this off repeatedly yet every week avast somehow reactivates it.
I am sick of it.
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 10:04 AM
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It does annoy me that it scrutinises every Youtube video as it starts, but I`m used to that, and just restart the video and it plays "normally"...
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 11:59 AM
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Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 3:50 PM
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When I clicked on the pop-up it took me to Argos's site - but showed me a Router!
So it's hopeless as well as annoying. I shall be investigating the menu as noted in the OP - thanks.
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 4:01 PM
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However the SafePrice option was unticked (or maybe partially ticked? I think the relevant button may have had a border round it which I cannot now replicate.
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 4:08 PM
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Interestingly Avast also wasn't running initially in Chrome...
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 4:20 PM
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Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 4:31 PM
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Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 5:40 PM
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So it would seem that Avast installs it automatically in popular browsers, but it's easy enough to disable or delete it from the Extensions/Add-ons.
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 5:58 PM
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The UI is becoming less efficient to use (that old horrible simplicity concept), there is random large slowdowns on certian types of scanning, the auto sandboxing I disabled as I found it to not work reliably and as reported can also be quite slow.
Plus popups are becoming excessive. I only use it on my testing rig, both my laptop and main pc have paid nod32 subscriptions.
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
13-07-2014 8:39 PM
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Quote from: chrcoluk The UI is becoming less efficient to use (that old horrible simplicity concept), there is random large slowdowns on certian types of scanning, the auto sandboxing I disabled as I found it to not work reliably and as reported can also be quite slow.
And in my case it keeps turning itself back on
Re: Avast's underhanded tricks, looking for alternative with boot time scan
21-07-2014 6:22 PM
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Avast has removed the SafePrice from the Chrome browser
That said, it was after following Googles advice
[quote= http://aos.avast.com/upgrade/1011]
SafePrice is no longer part of the Chrome extension
We have followed Google's advice and implemented their Single Purpose Policy to improve user experience of Avast Online Security extension. As the result we have withdrawn the SafePrice functionality from the Avast Online Security extension for Chrome.
You do not have to miss the opportunities for safe shopping, to explore better prices and to save money with coupons while you shop. The Avast SafePrice is now available as a standalone extension for Chrome.
However it decided to default the setting for the DO NOT TRACK feature with every one unticked, therefore you are now being tracked, AGAIN, until you manually revert the setting back to your preferred settings
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