I kicked Avast to the curb probably going on a year ago.
Between Microsoft Defender, 1Password, and being super diligent about website addresses, email addresses that are straight up phishing via email it got to be I was subscribing to an Apology site.
For $50 bucks a year we'll apologize to you.
Yours Truly,
Avast
My information has been compromised twice and neither was via me doing something stupid on my computer.
Both were from hackers breaking into corporate databases that I was on.
The most recent being Luxottica (spelling may be wrong) who is like one of if not the biggest player in the world of glasses. I bought sunglasses from Lenscrafters. One guess who owns Lenscrafters.
I recommend the following site to everyone concerned about internet security.
Dude who runs site is high roller employed by Microsoft in their security group. a real eye opener. just put in your email and you can see not only that it has been compromised, but by who so your email may be out there in numerous security breaches.
I don't have children and I've been messing with computers since 1983, both breaches were corporate breaches, not me getting breached, because of their lax security practices.
It's a jungle out there. If you don't know what or who, delete it. If legit, they'll probably be back. If a scam they probably won't.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/