I have been in the IT industry since before viruses were transmitted only by passing a corrupted 5.25" floppy. Uh, I don't think there were viruses then.... hmmm. I've watched the industry change from mainframes to the first crude PC's to the internet and now an environment where everyone is trying to get information on everyone. In fact, when I first started writing code, the big "fear" was that information was going to be the new commodity. How accurate those predictions became.
With the concern these days over that very topic, and because this website is dedicated to a company that promotes security, it is extremely interesting to note that one of the things you are asked to install in addition to the virus protection is Google Chrome. Seriously? Google Chrome is from Google. Google is a company that is dedicated to finding out everything it can about what you do on line, what you do privately, where you go and any other thing that could possibly be sold to anyone else. So why Chrome? Even the Android OS for cell phones is mining data about your travels, and that is only the stuff we know for sure about. Every time it gets 50 new GPS locations, it phones home with those, what WIFI outlets are available and texting/telephone usage. Anyone that uses Google for anything, is only asking to give up any hope of privacy in every area that they allow to be opened.
So, Avast... why Chrome?