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SecureLine VPN for Mac
« on: May 12, 2015, 08:23:12 PM »
We have noticed today that (Mac) machines with avast that have updated to version 10.13 have downloaded and installed Avast SecureLine VPN. Has anyone else noticed this? Looks like it has a 7 day free trial. We are using the educational version of avast for Mac. Is this a paid service or will this be free? Is there  way to bypass this? We have a University VPN already installed on our machines.
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Re: SecureLine VPN for Mac
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2015, 06:54:32 AM »
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W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
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Re: SecureLine VPN for Mac
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2015, 11:28:51 PM »
I'm frankly amazed and appalled that Avast stooped to this kind of sleazy practice to sell its VPN package. A popup advertising it would have been one thing. But installing it without the user's knowledge or consent and then popping up alarming messages to get him/her to approve activation is a crapware practice not usually seen in the Mac world.
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