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<blockquote data-quote="SeriousHoax" data-source="post: 992264" data-attributes="member: 78686">They probably updated the info when they updated their website when Avast One was introduced. Before it only said, it protects you from DNS hijacking without any mention that it changes DNS to Avast. Even then, according to the screenshots of the Avast UI, real site is not telling that it protects you from DNS hijacking by changing DNS to Avast. They should be more transparent about it in the UI. Changing DNS without properly telling the users is itself a DNS hijacking behavior IMO. When they introduced it, many users didn&#039;t realize what it was doing until they checked their DNS.I would recommend to not use or install this Avast feature. I don&#039;t hate Avast, I actually like many things about it, but I hate this Real Site feature. Even the name Real Site is confusing and don&#039;t tell you anything. DNS protection would probably be a more accurate name for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SeriousHoax, post: 992264, member: 78686"] They probably updated the info when they updated their website when Avast One was introduced. Before it only said, it protects you from DNS hijacking without any mention that it changes DNS to Avast. Even then, according to the screenshots of the Avast UI, real site is not telling that it protects you from DNS hijacking by changing DNS to Avast. They should be more transparent about it in the UI. Changing DNS without properly telling the users is itself a DNS hijacking behavior IMO. When they introduced it, many users didn't realize what it was doing until they checked their DNS. I would recommend to not use or install this Avast feature. I don't hate Avast, I actually like many things about it, but I hate this Real Site feature. Even the name Real Site is confusing and don't tell you anything. DNS protection would probably be a more accurate name for it. [/QUOTE]

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