Maybe people THINK its a good AV because it flags every file as a virus =) Usability: ZERO Level of security: ONE. On top of all that, the Avast interface is garbage and all settings are a maze and Avast is notorious for a staggering amount of false positives. Windows 10 drove many users away from Avast, Chromebooks and Linux are gaining ground and the superbloated dinosaur Avast isn’t doing itself any favours by shoving itself down users throats all over the place. Now is this because Avast in 2017 is buggy or a frontrunner in all things safe, or is Avast a company in crisis-mode where every unsuspecting user clicking updateupdateupdateagreeagreeokokokok means more money in the bank? I think the latter.

Also, there seems to be way more “important program updates” per year than back in the day.

Even today, if a user is careful enough to choose the custom install option, and chooses just the modules he/she wants (I recommend file protection, nothing more), the next update installs more things he/she didn’t choose/want. Then they started pushing Google Chrome installs and the default Avast install installed a gazillion modules that letsfaceit did nothing more than slowed down the computer. Avast used to be an easily recommended choice forever.

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