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How did this happen?
« on: September 25, 2016, 03:01:18 PM »
I haven't used my iMac for over a week - it was in sleep mode. It refused to wake up yesterday, but after unplugging, re-plugging and rebooting I found that I had Avast installed. I haven't downloaded or installed it. How did it get there?
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Re: How did this happen?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2016, 03:02:49 PM »
Quote from: dunders on September 25, 2016, 03:01:18 PM
I haven't used my iMac for over a week - it was in sleep mode. It refused to wake up yesterday, but after unplugging, re-plugging and rebooting I found that I had Avast installed. I haven't downloaded or installed it. How did it get there?

Did someone else have access to that Mac or is the Mac used by multiple persons?

Avast will never force install a Software of them on your machine for sure.

Also did some other software get installed recently?
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Re: How did this happen?
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2016, 03:03:41 PM »
avast doesn't install itself just out of the blue.
Someone must have triggered the install.
If you had avast installed in the past, you likely haven't removed it (completely)
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Re: How did this happen?
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2016, 03:22:49 PM »
Thanks for the swift replies.

The iMac is a private computer which I use primarily for score-writing: it was last used on 14th Sept. No-one else had access to it.  I use my MBA for Email and general use.   I checked my Downloads folder, and there's no sign of Avast being downloaded.  There's no sign of activity at all during the week until the work I did yesterday (24th).  In the Apps folder, Avast claims to have been created on 23rd Sept.  No-one was at the computer at that time.

I have never felt the need for anti-virus software on  the Mac, so I am as certain as I can be that I have not (knowingly) installed Avast in the past.  Indeed I didn't even know what Avast was when I found it, and had to look it up. 

What other installations might let Avast in?

Thanks!



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Re: How did this happen?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2016, 03:31:08 PM »
As far as I know avast doesn't come bundled in any other application install.
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Re: How did this happen?
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2016, 01:59:02 PM »
Quote from: Eddy on September 25, 2016, 03:31:08 PM
As far as I know avast doesn't come bundled in any other application install.

Recently, Avast for Mac IS distributed with some other SW, but it should be always optional.
The question is thus - "What SW did the user install in the last time?"
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