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Offline Andrew581

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Avast got my location wrong. What does this mean?
« on: May 07, 2019, 02:29:15 PM »
A week ago, they knew my hometown. Now they guessed and were not even close. I am not in Virginia. What does this mean?
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Re: Avast got my location wrong. What does this mean?
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2019, 03:56:20 PM »
If you give more info then maybe someone have a answer for you ....


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Re: Avast got my location wrong. What does this mean?
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2019, 04:12:38 PM »
Sounds like the user received a popup showing his "location" in order to sell additional protection.

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Re: Avast got my location wrong. What does this mean?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2019, 05:55:58 PM »
Quote from: bob3160 on May 07, 2019, 04:12:38 PM
Sounds like the user received a popup showing his "location" in order to sell additional protection.
We'd know more if the OP kindly included basic information such as avast version and build number, os, etc.,.
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