Welp, just uninstalled Avast Antivirus

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Current Events » Welp, just uninstalled Avast Antivirus
FL81
06/01/2023
02:58 AM
#1
Knew about its bad privacy practices and mishandling of user data for a while, but just kept it on because of inertia. Nag popups in Firefox/Edge every time I reboot my PC to install their browser extension was the straw that broke the camel's back. Let's just hope the old "Windows Defender + uBlock Origin + common sense" combo works out and doesn't screw me over.

that, and I already do most of my browsing on Linux already anyway >_>
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Questionmarktarius
06/01/2023
02:59 AM
#2
Avast lived long enough to become the villain.
FL81
06/01/2023
03:01 AM
#3
Questionmarktarius posted...
Avast lived long enough to become the villain.
Seems to be the cycle with every antivirus product, especially free ones (initially switched to Avast after AVG became unusable)
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Dark_Arbron
06/01/2023
03:03 AM
#4
Questionmarktarius posted...
Avast lived long enough to become the villain.

Stare upon the malware, and the malware stares back upon you.
"The US is not a single country. It is ~20 developed countries being held hostage by ~25 developing countries and ~5 failed states." -Calintares
Questionmarktarius
06/01/2023
03:04 AM
#5
The brilliance of Windows Defender, is that it's always been evil
FL81
06/01/2023
03:05 AM
#6
Questionmarktarius posted...
The brilliance of Windows Defender, is that it's always been evil
*galaxybrain.jpg*
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FL81
06/01/2023
03:21 AM
#9
Revnir posted...
I remember having the hardest time getting rid of Avast. Every time I uninstalled it it ended up reinstalling itself after.

I ended up being able to get rid of it because I found some guides on google, but damn...
Was pretty painless here (unless it somehow pops back up in my system tomorrow ), compared to the Windows XP days of having to uninstall McAfee or Norton.

I gotta appreciate Windows's idiot-proofing where it just automatically turns Windows Defender back on when it detects the other antivirus is uninstalled (or vice-versa when it disables itself when you are using the other software)
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Questionmarktarius
06/01/2023
03:24 AM
#10
Questionmarktarius posted...
The brilliance of Windows Defender, is that it's always been evil
I'm going to double down on this.

Microsoft going out of its way to prevent Windows from getting hacked, to benefit Windows, is classic Gary Gygax Lawful Evil
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