Its simple: for the first time in over ten years I don't trust avast.
I have always recommended it without reservation, and said it was worth buying after a free trial. No more.
I didn't ask for that browser, just updated the (free) avast installation on a family member's computer, and there it was.
It offers to send me to facebook, amazon, ebay, and yahoo, all of which which I avoid like Ebola.
Spare me the snotty replies Eddy. I don't care a bit about the EULA.
Avast gets to choose what junk they install, I get to choose what antivirus I use.
Avast's current marketing strategy is costing money, not making it.
You're losing some old supporters.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=185331.135Its a pity, I go all the way back to the blue ball and the siren.
But oddly enough I really think the avast team can reverse the trend.
Sure hope so. It was and is a good antivirus.