AVAST
Have used Avast Free A/V for more than a decade. I had believed they were kosher.
Now I have begun to have doubts.
1 Nag-ware aspect has dramatically increased. Every couple of days now, suggests I should have some feature, and the consequent click through eventually take me to a paywall.
2 scare-ware: tries to sell me a lie concerning my passwords being vulnerable. I know that what it tells me is not true. Do not like the idea that such a program should even have access to my passwords!
3 Regularly asks me to click to update one of my drivers, telling me a newer version is available. After clicking through numerous pages, eventually I learn there is NOT!
4 And just, Malwarebytes did a scan, not prompted by me, and reported a threat: adware. Follow up revealed it to be in a download from Avast, which had not been initiated by myself.
Anyone else been experiencing any difficulties with Avast?
Time for a change maybe. Recommendations?
Started: 30th Sep 2018 at 13:28
ps I know in the past people have found malware actually being distributed by the AV they have installed. (even the paid for variants)
So problem is not limited to Avast.
Replied: 30th Sep 2018 at 13:34
have you checked to see if your license has run out ? .
Replied: 1st Oct 2018 at 14:04
I changed from AVG for that reason.I'm using bitdefender now and had no problems with it.
Replied: 1st Oct 2018 at 20:34