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BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09	Posted - Sep 19 2015 : 10:26PM AVG's updated policy explains how it can sell users' browsing and search history data to advertisers [Link]
Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14595 Posts 3/02	Posted - Sep 19 2015 : 10:49PM Oh, well - TANSTAAFL. [Link]
Goldstein All-Star Member "You have sacrificed nothing and no one." 3689 Posts 8/10	Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 12:51PM Alexander Hanff, a security expert and chief executive of Think Privacy, said AVG’s potential ability to collect and sell browser and search history data placed the company "squarely into the category of spyware." "Antivirus software runs on our devices with elevated privileges so it can detect and block malware, adware, spyware and other threats," he told Wired. "It is utterly unethical to [the] highest degree and a complete and total abuse of the trust we give our security software." Hanff urged people using AVG's free antivirus to "immediately uninstall the product and find an alternative.” Click to expand [Link]
ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08	Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 1:22PM Microsoft is pointing out "built-in antivirus" as a selling point for Windows 10. If most users accept that approach, it spells trouble for the antivirus companies. So presumably AVG needs to find a new revenue source. From a performance/annoyance standpoint, I welcome the opportunity to forego 3rd-party antivirus. Edited by - ninja1 on 9/20/2015 2:19:56 PM [Link]
Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03	Posted - Sep 21 2015 : 1:29AM You could have foregone it six years ago. That's how long it's been since Microsoft started providing antivirus functionality. [Link]

JohnW Senior Member 1351 Posts 6/08	Posted - Sep 21 2015 : 3:37PM And since MS already have all of my data, why would I give it to additional parties..? [Link]
Redish Poetic Moderator Long and Cursive road to the Ivory Pagoda in the province of Loraine 4076 Posts 12/03	Posted - Sep 25 2015 : 8:42PM Yep, I left them. Using Microsoft Security Essentials. [Link]
bobitnio Deactivated User 3 Posts 2/16	Posted - Feb 10 2016 : 11:37AM im use Eset Nod32 best! AVG missed viruses. and you're not on time atualizira database ________________________________________________________ removed Edited by - flash on 2/10/2016 11:47:49 AM [Link]

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