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Is Avast becoming scareware?
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<blockquote data-quote="Atlas147" data-source="post: 804147" data-attributes="member: 25728"><p>I would argue that most free AVs that offer similar services like VPNs and such also employ similar tactics to make you buy them, but I would consider the way that avast has decided to phrase their ads to seem like an urgent alert highly unethical.</p><p></p><p>Most users would be able to see this as a scare tactic and know not to worry, however there are still people that would fall for this "scam" and they would be the ones that are most vulnerable to caving into their scareware.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atlas147, post: 804147, member: 25728"] I would argue that most free AVs that offer similar services like VPNs and such also employ similar tactics to make you buy them, but I would consider the way that avast has decided to phrase their ads to seem like an urgent alert highly unethical. Most users would be able to see this as a scare tactic and know not to worry, however there are still people that would fall for this "scam" and they would be the ones that are most vulnerable to caving into their scareware. [/QUOTE]
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