SafeZone browser installed itself.

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I'm glad it is a freebie, but in my opinion has been delivered in a bad way as some people might panic and think that Avast has been hijacked or has corrupted etc. A pop up when Avast has auto updated offering SafeZone with the option to accept the offer or turn it down would have been a better way.

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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=185331.135
Its 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. 

[Eddy]

If you did a little research, you would have know that avast already did "reverse" some things.
e.g. The SafeZone Browser is not pussed anymore and people are asked if they want to install it or not.

You might not care about the  EULA, but fact remains that you do accept it when installing software.
If you don't agree with something(s) in it, don't install the software and use something else.

[DavidR]

If you did a little research, you would have know that avast already did "reverse" some things.
e.g. The SafeZone Browser is not pussed anymore and people are asked if they want to install it or not.

You might not care about the  EULA, but fact remains that you do accept it when installing software.
If you don't agree with something(s) in it, don't install the software and use something else.

The problem being it is now an integral part of avast free, so it is going to be installed on program installs or updates.  So people still don't know this, so when they get SZ Browser they get pissed and it doesn't matter what is on the EULA. I would be surprised if 1% of people read any EULA before installing a program.

What a god awful mess this has turned out to be.
For something that could/should have been welcomed in the free version after only being available in the paid versions of avast.