On one of my PC's I got the avast note about it's updating and would you like to install Chrome.
"Remember everyone, You can always opt out."
I said no, ok, fine, everything works fine.
Shut down, for the night, start up the next day.
Would you like to install Chrome?
No
Ok, fine, shut down restart.
Guess whos back?
Would you like to install Chrome.
OK, yes install Chrome. I give up.
OK, now you have Chrome. Enjoy.
Now you avast tech guys say, you don't like Chrome, just uninstall it.
So I uninstall it and go back to Firefox.
Turns out, Chrome uninstall does not fix various links that are made from Microsoft Outlook.
Say for example, you get an acrobat file in your email.
You click it, and a message pops up.
Your administrator has prevented this action.
No: Chrome took over, and now that its gone, it left a mess which has to be fixed.
So, no its not a simple uninstall.
Please stop attaching other programs to your program.
Please give more thought as to how your program behaves in default settings.
Avast has long been known to be the best at being low overhead, effective, and free.
You have crossed the line into annoying, invasive, distracting, and now mildly destructive.
I am so inclined to visit your office and glue a giant poster to your windows advertising Chrome.
Hey, you don't want my posters? just take them down. Don't complain, they are free.
You never asked for them? well if you had been around when I installed them you could have told me that.
Now I have to go and install some posters at Adobe, and Oracle.
You know, the companies that install McAfee Antivirus and the Ask Toolbar. Those guys are so nice with those free extra programs.