Just a little clarification.
All the responses in here from what I've been able to follow have come directly from avast! users.
Perhaps, but when someone is referred to by Avast itself as an
Avast Evangelist, your distinction becomes moot to my way of thinking. One cannot declare himself a partisan and then not expect to be grouped with his patron in contexts both good and bad.
I also haven't see any apologies but have seen a lot of explanations.
This thread is rife with apologies (to clarify, I mean like unto Socrates' apology.) An apology doesn't imply contrition, merely the acknowledgement that an act requires that the actor either defend himself or show remorse. There has been no remorse displayed here, only thin defenses. And the apologies proffered are hollow as a result.
i wonder who started insulting others...
and when others are trying to give an explanation, u accuse them of insulting others...
I accuse them because they are guilty. I merely called the person whose idea this was stupid; another, in response, compared the majority of Avast users to
Pavlov's dog, hardly a more flattering depiction than mine. Nevertheless, I was perhaps out of line to so injure whoever it is I injured, and they have my apologies and remorse.
ur free to state that u do not like ads...but to claim that it is 'malware-like' is spreading misinformation.
moreover, to start insulting ppl over such stuff really shows how civilised u are.
I do not like ads. Neither do I like Facebook. Neither do I like malware and I am hardly the only Avast user to make that leap with regard to this popup:
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6 and my favorite:
dear Avast, if you're going to do pop-up notifications to 'win a macbook air' i might as well have viruses.
From
here.
It speaks volumes that
Avast itself had to assure its own users that the popup was not malware:
Did you receive pop-up in your avast! saying: win MacBook Air? Do not worry, this is NOT A SPAM. Feel free to participate in our contest!
from
here.
So, even
Avast has had to take steps to fix their own blunder. If that's not a ringing condemnation of this popup and the corporate culture that approved it, I don't know what is.
Avast is a security company. As a security company they require trust in order to survive. Avast has squandered a huge portion of this trust. I have, for many years, used and trusted Avast; purchased Avast for several computers; recommended Avast to friends and family and strangers. I am now faced with reassessing whether I can any longer trust Avast.
count this as a warning to u...any more insults i will recommend a ban from the moderators.
By all means do so, if your conscience demands it. You will, I hope, forgive me if I don't wail and beg clemency.