Nowhere in that document was SafePrice mentioned, so a user who reads license agreements would have no idea that adware was being installed. I also checked the license agreement that the Avast installer required me to agree to. However, nowhere on that page was I given instructions on how to permanently disable it. I did see an Avast page load when I opened Chrome, and this page did mention SafePrice in a list of new changes. However, when I installed Avast on a test system, I did not see precisely what they claimed. When SafePrice is initially installed, you are shown a welcome layer which explains SafePrice’s functions, including how to permanently deactivate it.

The new SafePrice option, shown at right in Firefox, is enabled by default.Īvast explains the function of SafePrice on their website. The avast! Online Security extension is installed automatically in both Chrome and Firefox when avast! Free Antivirus for Mac is installed. This extension is available for Chrome and Firefox, but apparently not for Safari as far as I can tell. It would appear that Avast has joined the ranks of adware peddlers, as reader Fred Maxwell brought to my attention yesterday. Sometime around December of last year, a SafePrice option was quietly added to the avast! Online Security browser extension.

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