ASB Ads

[Asyn]

I found this on ASB today, is Avast pushing ads now..??

[mchain]

Yep, Amazon and TurboTax here in the USA.       I delete them when I see them but they come back again at every new session when the main tab opens.   

[EDIT:]
@ schmidthouse,  yes  normally that would be the case, but you don't need to visit these sites for them to appear on the main tab page.

[schmidthouse]

Hi Asyn
I thought those items below search bar were shortcuts to sites recently/frequently visited....lol

[mchain]

Here you go...

ASB Window shortcuts only appear after clearing cookies, etc.,.

[schmidthouse]

I see, interesting

[Asyn]

IMO, they can show ads to the free AV users but not to the ones running a paid version..!!

[rocksteady]

I also noticed an Amazon "shortcut", but was easily able to "X" it from the home page.
I can't seem to delete any other "shortcuts" using the 3 dots menu in the short cut.
Selecting the delete shortcut does nothing here. (ASB running on Win10 1809).
I am also getting duplicate shortcuts on the home screen that I have no control over.
Is this a ASB "feature" or a bug?

Edit: I guess this answers my complaint about not being able to delete shortcuts.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=225409.msg1495225#msg1495225

[midnight]

I see these ads every time I open the ASB browser.  That's how I get on the forum and Facebook

[bob3160]

IMO, they can show ads to the free AV users but not to the ones running a paid version..!!

There is no paid version of ASB. It's a free product.

[Asyn]

IMO, they can show ads to the free AV users but not to the ones running a paid version..!!

There is no paid version of ASB. It's a free product.

I know Bob, I'm talking about the AV. Shouldn't be hard to check which one is running.

[bob3160]

IMO, they can show ads to the free AV users but not to the ones running a paid version..!!

There is no paid version of ASB. It's a free product.

I know Bob, I'm talking about the AV. Shouldn't be hard to check which one is running.

The topic is ABS Ads

[Asyn]

Plain and simple, I don't like/need/want such ads in ASB. (Esp. if a paid Avast AV is running on the system..!!)

[mchain]

Open Bank Mode, see only one shortcut...'Add shortcut'.  Clean your webdata at end of session, see two new shortcuts pop-up.  How it works.

[.: Mac :.]

Not sure its an ad, more like sponsored shortcut or link. In any event I use ASB often and its never shown me an ad that I can tell, quite opposite the ad blocking is top notch in ASB

[bob3160]

Are these the Ads you're talking about