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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: REDACTED on December 24, 2016, 12:11:47 PM

Title: Meaningless pushing
Post by: REDACTED on December 24, 2016, 12:11:47 PM
Avast I get pop up's with meaningless "advices". Using a VPN connection all the time I still get your advice to use one of your "other products" to hide my activity.
So you do not look at my security but you look at what I am doing!! That makes me doubt about the quality of your advices and withhold me from going to a paid version.
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: Eddy on December 24, 2016, 01:16:34 PM
How do you think security software can look at your security if it doesn't look at what you are doing ?
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: REDACTED on December 24, 2016, 01:31:18 PM
You may be right but it does not explain Avast's wrong conclusion as that I am visible from the outside.
That wrong conclusion make me think/doubt about the reliability of their other advices.
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: Eddy on December 24, 2016, 01:38:19 PM
Why do you think the conclusion is wrong ?

As long as you do not take good protection measurements, the conclusion is correct.

http://bfy.tw/976G
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: REDACTED on December 24, 2016, 05:22:24 PM
Maybe my first message was not clear but I am ALWAYS using a Virtual Private Network connection and that is exactly what Avast is trying to sell me too!
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: Para-Noid on December 24, 2016, 05:46:49 PM
If you use avast free you will be getting pop-up advertising.
avast has to pay the bills and do so through paid subscriptions.
Paid for products get either no ads or, at the very least, very few ads.
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: davexnet on December 24, 2016, 06:52:08 PM
Isn't it true that if you drop out of the "avast community", the advertising is minimized ?
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: DavidR on December 24, 2016, 08:02:26 PM
Isn't it true that if you drop out of the "avast community", the advertising is minimized ?

I participate in the "avast community" and I see relatively few ads, the toaster popups don't bother me that much anyway.
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: =Snake= on December 24, 2016, 08:47:19 PM
@davexnet
Hi!

Concerning your sig: you could also update to '2280NU' (it's faster).
 ;)
=Snake= aka HDW38
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: Alikhan on December 24, 2016, 11:47:39 PM
Isn't it true that if you drop out of the "avast community", the advertising is minimized ?

That isn't proven but if you drop out of "avast community", CyberCapture won't work.
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: davexnet on December 25, 2016, 09:01:35 PM
Isn't it true that if you drop out of the "avast community", the advertising is minimized ?

That isn't proven but if you drop out of "avast community", CyberCapture won't work.
OK thanks for the info.  According to "About avast" I'm running  12.3.2280 (build 12.3.3154.23) is this the latest for Windows XP ?

Is CyberCapture only concerned with unrecognized downloads from the web?  Or am I mixing it up with something else ?
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: Alikhan on December 25, 2016, 10:32:20 PM
Isn't it true that if you drop out of the "avast community", the advertising is minimized ?

That isn't proven but if you drop out of "avast community", CyberCapture won't work.
OK thanks for the info.  According to "About avast" I'm running  12.3.2280 (build 12.3.3154.23) is this the latest for Windows XP ?

Is CyberCapture only concerned with unrecognized downloads from the web?  Or am I mixing it up with something else ?

https://blog.avast.com/cybercapture-protection-against-zero-second-attacks
Title: Re: Meaningless pushing
Post by: DavidR on December 25, 2016, 10:47:24 PM
Guys, can we try to keep on topic, we are drifting way of the OPs issue.