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Avast asks users who disable protections to stop using their extension
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 933316" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Someone should tell Avast that No means No.</p><p></p><p>Of the 10M users, how many installations were bundled from Avast Antivirus <strong>VS</strong> user visiting CWS themselves.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]255017[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A few years ago, you would never have known that these extensions were tracking you.</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/239950/dont-use-your-antivirus-browser-extensions-they-can-actually-make-you-less-safe/" target="_blank">Don’t Use Your Antivirus’ Browser Extensions: They Can Actually Make You Less Safe</a></p><p></p><p>That's why letting any software install browser extensions is a BAD idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 933316, member: 3"] Someone should tell Avast that No means No. Of the 10M users, how many installations were bundled from Avast Antivirus [B]VS[/B] user visiting CWS themselves. [ATTACH type="full" width="596px" alt="Screen Shot 2021-03-05 at 14.42.35.png"]255017[/ATTACH] A few years ago, you would never have known that these extensions were tracking you. Link: [URL='https://www.howtogeek.com/239950/dont-use-your-antivirus-browser-extensions-they-can-actually-make-you-less-safe/']Don’t Use Your Antivirus’ Browser Extensions: They Can Actually Make You Less Safe[/URL] That's why letting any software install browser extensions is a BAD idea. [/QUOTE]
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