Yes, Mr or Ms Pinkmushroom, I agree that Avast made a booboo when it released the SafeZone Browser
without information, without instructions, without making clear how to remove it, and really without testing it sufficiently before release. Doing so is "mean Microsoft inspired behavior" and not decent at all.
I still don't know how to remove it, because leaving the SZ Browser box unchecked when I try to either repair or change or update the "Avast Internet Security" program in the "Control Panel - Programs and Features - Uninstall or Change a program - area, does NOT uninstall the SZ Brower (I am a grandpa using Win 7 Dell desktop)
Now, I fully understand that every moderator and evangelist has no connection and/or influence on the
company that makes the software, and in fact, it seems that the primary function of a forum is to act as some sort of bullet-proof vest, so as to prevent any customer input from reaching the company altogether. Sorry, I should have put a road sign up "Cynic View next 2 miles".
It would be nice if evangelists were equipped with some kind of "banana-cream-pie-catapult" with which to send "clear cut messages" in the general direction of the management (Vincent Steckler) of Avast software s.r.o in Prague, Czech Republic. But that is likely too much to ask.
It's a sad pattern. Norton Antivirus was good once, then Symantec took it over, and boink. ZoneAlarm was very good for a while, then kaboom, I don't know what happened, the top person with "brain and soul" must have left, and was a replaced with one who had neither. Same with GoBack, a nifty piece of software, but it was bought out, only to crash and become useless and incompatible. Another detectable pattern is that any software, once it gets revamped to work on a smart-phone, becomes more often than
not featureless and opaque for the desktop user. I don't know whether smart phones make people stupid, or people make smart-phone software stupid, but the result is the same. No hope for anyone, and you are lucky if you don't starve. Thank you for your support, and please don't bother to respond.