they get a kickback from programs like CCleaner free etc. they install it on your computer via a backdoor - they attach it to another program when you are NOT aware of it. YES, Avast does install itself!!! Avast says it does not install itself BUT it does. The very day I began to use this laptop again and got the pop up to “update.”Īlso, not only did it install itself apparently as soon as I started the computer for the first time in over a year, I have never installed nor have I heard of either CCleaner or Piriform. I looked under Uninstall or change a program and to my extreme surprise it was installed on. Today I got another pop-up from Avast wanting to update. I clicked out of it and checked on my Norton, yep Norton still there, I ran updates etc just in case. I thought it was a weird fluke because I have never, EVER, had Avast and the computer had been in the drawer forever.

As soon as I started it there was a pop-up from Avast stating it wanted to update or something. My newer laptop is having issues which I don’t want made worse before I can send to warranty company, so a couple of days ago I took this one from the drawer (and no, no one else can use it).

I put this one in the bottom drawer of my dresser. Last September 2017 I bought another laptop and stopped using this one. How? Why? Before anyone tries to tell me I did it myself: I have had this laptop since 2010 and at that time installed my usual Norton anti-virus. I’m here on this forum because Avast just DID install itself on my computer as well.

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