SecureLine running without permission - After the reboot for the 12.1.2263 update - I now see a new systray app I DID NOT authorize:
In Tools I have ALL the optional tools OFF - Disabled - including SecureLine VPN... (see attachments)
YET - now in this version, after reboot - I have a NEW system tray app added, showing with a little red x, right-clicking states: 'Open Avast SecureLine' Connect, Disconnect, and 'Getting Started'. Clicking Open appears to open the main app with the SecureLine page. Clicking Getting Started opens a window with a forever spinning loading - maybe since it's disabled it just sits there... Regardless - this app should NOT be in my system tray - AND I can find no way to stop it.
THIS IS an application, optional feature now partially running - showing in the system tray DESPITE being disabled in Avast settings... Technically - this app is now using system resources.
I find it extremely offensive and intrusive to see an application now installed and running OTHER than what I choose to run.
Looking in Task Manager Startup and Services - I see NOTHING related to SecureLine or VPN - suggestive of this application - which implies it is a hidden app - like a Rootkit??? WHY is this 'feature' not run as it's own Avast sub-app?
It would appear to be a part of the main app - to make optional features a part of the main application is WRONG.
I do not like anything running on my system without my permission.
Please FIX this - THERE is no Option to Exit this app or disable it from it's own window.
This bothers me to the point of nearly wanting to UNINSTALL Avast!
