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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: REDACTED on August 15, 2015, 08:09:23 PM

Title: STOP THE POPUP MADNESS!!!!
Post by: REDACTED on August 15, 2015, 08:09:23 PM

You know ..... It's one thing when I'm using a free version of something, but after I pay ... The super intrusive "service" of having the software push your other products on me, interrupting my workflow to nag continuously about options I've declined many times before ... Should be turned OFF by default. That is totally just Internet 101 and good netiquette. Please fix this!!

Title: Re: STOP THE POPUP MADNESS!!!!
Post by: Pondus on August 15, 2015, 08:12:11 PM

Agree ..... and you may end up buying the wrong product    :(        https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=175205.0

Title: Re: STOP THE POPUP MADNESS!!!!
Post by: schmidthouse on August 15, 2015, 08:16:53 PM

Yes I agree, and unfortunately regardless of Age, we users on the internet have got read everything carefully before moving forward with the CLICK. ;)

Title: Re: STOP THE POPUP MADNESS!!!!
Post by: REDACTED on August 16, 2015, 10:47:52 AM

I turned off browser cleanup and after update it ran itself not just first time but again after restart, and I checked both times it is off in tools. 

I think that's it for me, I'm going to try another AV on my testing computer and if it is good, will switch. but willing to try avast again once they get back to a light weight anti-virus status without all the nagging and bloatware

Title: Re: STOP THE POPUP MADNESS!!!!
Post by: Pondus on August 16, 2015, 04:33:21 PM

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I turned off browser cleanup and after update it ran itself not just first time but again after restart, and I checked both times it is off in tools. 

why dont you remove it

Avast 2015: Change, add, or remove individual program components  https://www.avast.com/en-eu/faq.php?article=AVKB96#artTitle

Title: Re: STOP THE POPUP MADNESS!!!!
Post by: REDACTED on August 16, 2015, 04:45:03 PM

Quote from: Pondus on August 16, 2015, 04:33:21 PM

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I turned off browser cleanup and after update it ran itself not just first time but again after restart, and I checked both times it is off in tools. 

why dont you remove it

Avast 2015: Change, add, or remove individual program components  https://www.avast.com/en-eu/faq.php?article=AVKB96#artTitle

I did remove the plugin from chrome before, unless they reinstalled it again after avast update, if so this is horrible.   beside even in that case, if in tools is off, why doesn't avast disable it??

Title: Re: STOP THE POPUP MADNESS!!!!
Post by: DavidR on August 16, 2015, 05:24:48 PM

Quote from: Enoughisenough on August 16, 2015, 04:45:03 PM

Quote from: Pondus on August 16, 2015, 04:33:21 PM

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I turned off browser cleanup and after update it ran itself not just first time but again after restart, and I checked both times it is off in tools. 

why dont you remove it

Avast 2015: Change, add, or remove individual program components  https://www.avast.com/en-eu/faq.php?article=AVKB96#artTitle

I did remove the plugin from chrome before, unless they reinstalled it again after avast update, if so this is horrible.   beside even in that case, if in tools is off, why doesn't avast disable it??

The Browser CleanUP is different to the avast browser security plugin. Totally different so disabling one won't effect the other.

By far the easiest/best thing is to remove components that you don't need or use from the Control Panel > add remove programs/programs and features > avast antivirus > Change and uncheck the options you don't require/want from the Tools section.

Title: Re: STOP THE POPUP MADNESS!!!!
Post by: schmidthouse on August 16, 2015, 05:31:23 PM

This is what DavidR is referring too. :)
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