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<blockquote data-quote="Indingo" data-source="post: 991624" data-attributes="member: 87984"><p>I have noticed another concerning thing today. I have Avast Premium Security installed on a Windows 11 machine, with a minimal Avast install from its installer. I was shocked to find that without my permission and with no prompting it was changing my DNS server and routing all my DNS requests through its own DNS server when I have a VPN (iVPN) installed which is set to use its own DNS servers. It literally hijacked my DNS requests with no permission. I don't have any module installed to do with its VPN. </p><p></p><p>I am not using this software anymore even though I have paid for it. It's literally going out of its way to gather data in the most scummy ways possible. I have never seen an antivirus hijack my DNS before. It was even able to disable iVPNs DNS servers to allow its own. I only had the antivirus module installed with no others and I have never even changed the settings other than disabling the privacy stuff in personal settings.</p><p></p><p>Avast is actually untrustworthy if it's doing stuff like that. I only noticed because I was not getting OSID ad filtering from iVPN DNS servers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Indingo, post: 991624, member: 87984"] I have noticed another concerning thing today. I have Avast Premium Security installed on a Windows 11 machine, with a minimal Avast install from its installer. I was shocked to find that without my permission and with no prompting it was changing my DNS server and routing all my DNS requests through its own DNS server when I have a VPN (iVPN) installed which is set to use its own DNS servers. It literally hijacked my DNS requests with no permission. I don't have any module installed to do with its VPN. I am not using this software anymore even though I have paid for it. It's literally going out of its way to gather data in the most scummy ways possible. I have never seen an antivirus hijack my DNS before. It was even able to disable iVPNs DNS servers to allow its own. I only had the antivirus module installed with no others and I have never even changed the settings other than disabling the privacy stuff in personal settings. Avast is actually untrustworthy if it's doing stuff like that. I only noticed because I was not getting OSID ad filtering from iVPN DNS servers. [/QUOTE]
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