I've read every reply in this topic. Many of the replies are just to show shame on an antivirus they have used and trusted for years. This should sum things up for pwllgloyw, and everyone else who had this issue.Like many others who have posted here I am totally unhappy about any software being installed on my system without a request, and to then change a system setting to make it the default browser is totally unacceptable.
To make matters worse, as far as I can see, the only responses from avast staff (with 1 exception - asking for information) are to tell the users they they have failed to do something. I would have expected some form of comment from avast management by now.
----------------------------------------------------------------Avast! a.s
has (yes there is an alert) a display window that
prompts the user
before and after reboot prior to the install that the user has the
option to install Google Chrome. They also show a
big picture of the 3rd party at hand, so to speak. This provides:
- Avast! a.s did not intentionally force the user to download Google Chrome.
- Avast! a.s wanted the user to be informed of the Google Chrome download.
----------------------------------------------------------------The avast! team tries to help, yet you still torment and mock them?
A few question:
1. Did you get the screen that keloo05 posted above? (it is supposed to be displayed after you reboot the system after applying the avast product update)
2. If you did get it, did you uncheck the boxes prior to clicking the Finish button?
Well, the dialog is certainly not supposed to close itself automatically... is it possible that you were typing something, and as the dialog popped up, you actually closed it because you pressed a key right at that moment?
I'm just asking because there is no auto-close code there...
----------------------------------------------------------------Before Reboot:
After Reboot:
----------------------------------------------------------------Two alerts. Do you see many installers that offer you
two alerts? More so, provide a
detailed picture of what you are getting?
Grow up, I am tired of your childish cries. And not just you, all the others that complain and bash the company they've been loving for years
just because of a simple mistake they made.
Accept that you downloaded an extra few mb (yes, google chrome is very lightweight), and remove it if it pleases you. Google Chrome is a very good modern-day browser.
It's not spyware. It's not adware. It's not malware period. Seriously, all of those who have contributed negatively to this thread are considered trolls. The Avast! team
tries to help, avast! users
try to help, even a
trained and qualified malware removal
expert tries to help, but
NO,
you can't accept help.
You want the Google Chrome removed,
just because you weren't careful with the installation. Well,
avast! needs its money too. And
to continue the support of the free version, don't you think it needs a little extra cash? Seriously, think people. Its not easy paying for a team while providing the software that they produce free.
The problem is Avast has an option that allows you to turn off the installation of Chrome that does not work correctly all the time and for all users - I think we agree on that based on all the reports from different users, including mine a few pages back.
How can avast! fix the issue when all the feedback they're getting is "avast! did this" and "avast! did that"?
They need important information, not your rage of avast! because of one potential flaw in the program.
There is a high possibility that you were the cause of the 'flaw' in the first place.May this be of some use to you,
~!Donovan
