Shame on you! You were once the example of what an Internet Security company should be. Really hoped Avast would have sorted this out after buying AVG, but it seems as if Avast is also pulling the same questionable tricks and gimmicks. I've been a loyal AVG supporter over the years, promotes it on my website, but I am more inclined to sell Avast to my clients. One last thing, AVG has always been the pinnacle of performance when compared to other anti-virus programs like Norton and McAfee, but these days AVG is one huge resource hog, it takes ages for my computer to start up since installing AVG (and I have an i7, so not some cheap celeron processor), which tempts me sometimes to just uninstall it completely and run my pc without anti-virus, it is not that hard to be virus free if you are a careful and responsible PC user. You are supposed to rid people's computers from crap like this, yet you end up doing the same thing. It is a disgrace that AVG has resorted to old spyware and adware tricks over the years. crap you did not ask for and crap you do not need.
really? A decade or so ago, this was clear cut spyware techniques, false reporting to entice people to buy their product and forced install of bloatware. because they have cookies on their computer. not everyone climbs on the internet the moment they start their PC and anyway, I have zero day-to-day applications in my startup, if I want to use an application I will launch it myself, I don't want to feel forced to use your cheap Chrome clone.ĪVG's behaviour has become more questionable over the years, tricking people into upgrading to the Internet Security package, under the false pretention that their privacy is compromised. who in his right state of mind adds a browser to his startup. The forced install has already pissed me off, but to make things worse, you added the secure browser to my startup, so everytime I start Windows the browser launches.