They promise these toolbars will help keep you safe online, but they usually just exist to make the company some money.
avast isn't making money with AOS/WebRep.
In fact it is costing them money for the development and maintaining the database for it.
Running antivirus is still very important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware.
anti-virus nowadays is a big misnomer.
What are called av's are a lot more then just anti-virus.
Fact is that true viruses nowadays are really rare
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market
Completely false statement as MBam only checks executables, which they very clearly mention at their website.
“AVG Web TuneUP” is installed when you install AVG antivirus.
No, it is not.
People can choose if they want to install it or not.
Avast’s Online Security Extension Once Included Ads and Tracking
False info again.
What the author shows is avast's safeprice, not AOS/WebRep.
And the list with wrong/false information goes on and on...
About the accusation of avast spying on users... >
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=157693.msg1140066#msg1140066We requested the opportunity to discuss the author’s findings, but he declined to do so.
Ofcourse he declined.
He does not want to admit that he is just writing articles without doing proper research first leading to wrong and even completely false and misleading articles from his hand.
As a note, when reading articles look at the dates they are posted.
I would welcome any comments from Avast tech support group regarding accusations of tracking users Internet behavior
Read the post from Vlk and the EULA.