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Adela

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avast! piggybacking for Adobe/Opera???
« on: March 12, 2013, 11:51:57 PM »
Hello, would anyone know why avast! announces updates for Adobe and for Opera please?  Also, these avast! carrying Adobe's updates are too frequent, like several a week!  As to Opera....I don't even have that program....

Thanks ever so much for your ideas   :)    Adela
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Re: avast! piggybacking for Adobe/Opera???
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2013, 12:00:07 AM »
Avast alerts users for critical updates. That is all. Nothing to do with piggybacking, just for the software you have and is outdated, meaning risky.
It is a service like we know from Secunia's, but now it comes build into your av solution. I think it is great, because a lot of users will get infected because lots of people are sloppy with updating/upgrading (OS, browser and other third party software),

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Re: avast! piggybacking for Adobe/Opera???
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2013, 11:47:33 PM »
Thanks polonus, but I don't even have most of the software it alerts me from!!!  Who or what is "Secunia"?    :)
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Re: avast! piggybacking for Adobe/Opera???
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2013, 11:53:06 PM »
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