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USING AVAST SAFE ZONE SOFTWARE
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For early installers that screen with the Chrome options was supposed to appear after the reboot. Like other upgraders I did not see the screen shown above on 2/24/12.

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There was a time where I might have been вЂњoffendedвЂќ that a company was trying to bundle extra software, but in this day and age, if youвЂ™re giving your software away for free, you gotta make a dollar to pay your programmers, and if that means Avast puts an option for Chrome to be installed so they can make an extra buck by spreading GoogleвЂ™s browser to the masses, I donвЂ™t fault them for that because at the end of the day Avast is one of the superior anti-virus/malware programs on the free and pay markets. Avasts Firewall alone dwarfвЂ™s anything Microsoft has ever put out. For those of you who donвЂ™t believe in paying for anti-virus software, I can relate to an extent, but I have gone to the filthiest corners of the internet with my main machine running Avast Internet Security and while it had every alarm screaming at me as I was under siege every type of malware known to man and machine-kind, I knew I was safe, I wouldnвЂ™t trust MSE to defend me with the same precision and zealotry that Avast does.

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I upgraded through the program itself and it didnвЂ™t ask me about Chrome, nor did it install Chrome on my computer. If you did accidentally install it, go uninstall it through Programs and Features in Control Panel.

I looked at the above screenshot and see NOTHING deceptive about it. It has become second nature to many of us to intentionally do a вЂњCustom InstallationвЂќ just to ensure we donвЂ™t have 26 вЂњtoolbarsвЂќ on our internet browser. IвЂ™ve never had any trouble with Avast вЂ“ that is to say, never had an infection the bring my system to itвЂ™s knees nor did Avast itself bring the system to itвЂ™s knees w/ a huge resource footprint or the like.ДЇor years and years reputable software companies have bundled other software (whether itвЂ™s Chrome browser or some toolbar), in with their free installations. These boxes are checked by default, so that Avast 7 will install Google Chrome on the system and make it the default browser on the system. The lower quarter of the screen advertises Google Chrome, and displays two selection boxes. The very same page lists another program that will be installed if Avast users do not pay attention to the menu. Express basically installs the antivirus software with the default settings, compatible installs it as a second line of defense in addition to other security software running on the system, while custom install offers the means to select the program modules that you want to install. When you run the Avast 7 installer, you are greeted with a start screen where you can select the express, compatible or custom install options. The software did install the Google Chrome browser on their system, and made it the default system browser. Two Ghacks readers have mentioned another issue after upgrading to Avast 7. The only fix is to uninstall Avast or MSE).

USING AVAST SAFE ZONE WINDOWS 7

Users have been complaining about a variety of things, including slow system starts on Windows 7 among other things (Caused by the installation of Microsoft Security Essentials on the machine. Avast 7 has been released a few days ago and it has not only received praises but also criticism by part of the security software's user base.

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