Reviews for Avast Online Security & Privacy
Avast Online Security & Privacy by AVAST Software
105 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Ger, 4 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Ivinovich, 4 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16245407, 4 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by the real dogo qc, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16284996, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Cesar David, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Zenmaster, 5 years agoHave been caught selling user data per verified internet reports. Have had intrusive default behavior from Avast Security Suite in the past with Shopping component automatically looking at web purchases i was making and offering me "price comparisons" before I turned it off. Hard to trust at this point.
- Rated 1 out of 5by lee666, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Mahesh Kumar, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14345649, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by iMack, 5 years agoThis extension bases its website ratings (similar to Web of Trust) on user feedback. That sounds good until you realize that trolls or bots appear to be able to manipulate and politicize the ratings.
I want to know if a site will protect my privacy, or might be the source of malware or phishing attempts. Avast probably does a good job of that, as do many other browser security extensions.
But Avast's system also seems to steer Web surfers away from legitimate news sites that don't promote the views of the "right" politicians.
For instance, I'm seeing warning signs on the websites of two TV stations in my town. Avast Online Security indicated that "We didn't find any phishing threats or malware here, but many of our users gave the site a thumbs down."
Both sites are affiliates of major networks. One TV station is more than 50 years old and the other is my city's first TV station, dating back to 1949.
Both have been online since the mid '90s. I know people that work for each station. I've trusted the stations and the news they produce for decades.
It's odd that two TV station websites in my city suddenly have become untrustworthy. It makes me think that the ratings have been manipulated.
I can't prove the manipulation, obviously. But I have other malware/phishing deterrents on my computer and have never had problems with these two sites. Still don't.
These are mainstream media sites. There are people who don't like the stations (and many other legitimate news sources like them) simply because they're programmed to hate all legitimate news media. We see these idiots online on social media now every day.
So, I suspect these stations' ratings are the work of bots, or a group of people working in concert to diminish a legitimate source of news because it's not a political ally.
I really just want to know if a site is safe to browse, that's it. If I don't like their viewpoints, I can figure that out on my own and move on.
And if Avast can't protect their own rating system from manipulation, I'm sorry, but that is a reason to distrust their products.
This product is free and has lots of competition. So, I'm moving on.
FYI: This extension is owned by the same company as AVG Online Security. I would think what I'm writing here applies to that extension as well.Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi, could you please send me some websites do you mean? I will check them. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15936846, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by VERNET, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15845352, 5 years agotrying to delete it but it wont let me, pissed off!!!
- Rated 1 out of 5by Laya O, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by CrashingLynx, 5 years agoThe new version makes some pages load the content without styles and it is very annoying, this problem has been reported but they have not solved it. The problem only happens in Firefox from version 19.X.X.
La nueva versión hace que algunas páginas carguen el contenido sin estilos y es muy molesto, este problema ya fue reportado pero no lo han solucionado. El problema únicamente sucede en Firefox desde la versión 19.X.X. - Rated 1 out of 5by despine, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13909003, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Medievalman22, 5 years agoAvast Antivirus keeps installing this without my permission, I do not need nor want this add-on, there are several better alternatives I already use.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15679679, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15305265, 5 years ago