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Is Avast becoming scareware?
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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 804131" data-attributes="member: 74969"><p>Interesting. I looked up "scareware" altho' the name should be self-explanatory. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scareware" target="_blank">Definition.</a></p><p></p><p>Someone who isn't a fan of Avast might think it is pushy advertising and marketing gimmicks preying off the internet privacy thing trending everywhere nowadays. It's scareware if it's fake, according to the wiki. Otherwise, it's ignore-ware.</p><p></p><p>Edit: again? I'm proofing my post and people post the same things above me at the same time. Wow! So I post really quick or it looks funny. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plat, post: 804131, member: 74969"] Interesting. I looked up "scareware" altho' the name should be self-explanatory. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scareware']Definition.[/URL] Someone who isn't a fan of Avast might think it is pushy advertising and marketing gimmicks preying off the internet privacy thing trending everywhere nowadays. It's scareware if it's fake, according to the wiki. Otherwise, it's ignore-ware. Edit: again? I'm proofing my post and people post the same things above me at the same time. Wow! So I post really quick or it looks funny. :) [/QUOTE]
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