Surely the default setting when offering Software Updates should be to leave the computer as it is, it should be MY choice to update the software to something new.
Instead you catch-out the unwary & elderly by the way you set the default installs.
During the last update of AVG Antivirus Free, the setup "hardened my browser" - it did this by installing an addon (AVG Web Tuneup), tried to change my search-enginge (perhaps usefull for the standard-user…) and changed (without question) my startpage - i still remember which kind of programs regularily change(d) the startpage of browsers: VIRUSES
please stop this silly behaviour (imitating early viruses) and do, whats the job of an anti-virus-program!
Hello Gustav. Sorry to hear that. Whenever there is an update and if AVG needs to install additional features like AVG Web TuneUp it will surely prompt you that do you wish to install this feature? So we always recommend to read the onscreen instructions carefully. We also take you suggestion. Please feel free to contact us again should you need any further assistance.
Thank you for your quick reply - BUT:
This addon was non-optional in this update - and it killed all open tabs (my setting in firefox was to reopen all open tabs of the last session) and this was very annoing
please refrain from doing such things in future updates
Hello James. Yes you are right. That is the reason I requested in the previous reply to have a clear look on the onscreen instructions while installing any programs on your PC. Thank you.
Hello Gustav. Sorry to hear that. Whenever there is an update and if AVG needs to install additional features like AVG Web TuneUp it will surely prompt you that do you wish to install this feature? So we always recommend to read the onscreen instructions carefully. We also take you suggestion. Please feel free to contact us again should you need any further assistance.
Hi Gustav, web tune up is an AVG component which will be installed as an extension to ensure secure browsing. If you wish, you can uninstall it from your computer. Please have a look on this article to uninstall Web tuneUp from your computer ( http://avgread.me/1KLkDpN ). Please do not hesitate to get back to us for further assistance. Thanks. Komal, AVG Customer Care.
Surely the default setting when offering Software Updates should be to leave the computer as it is, it should be MY choice to update the software to something new.
Instead you catch-out the unwary & elderly by the way you set the default installs.
Thank you for your quick reply - BUT:
This addon was non-optional in this update - and it killed all open tabs (my setting in firefox was to reopen all open tabs of the last session) and this was very annoing
please refrain from doing such things in future updates