![]() ![]() However, in many of the cases, those buttons would reveal little more than a simple on/off switch used to enable or disable the specific feature. Clicking on these menus, you might find it that they hide quite a lot of other buttons, which might seem a bit overwhelming at first. On the left side of the screen, you will see buttons for the main menus/areas of the antivirus: Dashboard (Status), Protection, Privacy, and Performance. The starting screen of the program will show you the current security status of your PC (hopefully you’d see the reassuring green “ Protected ” text written there) and give you the option to start a quick scan. Once you are past the installation and you start the program, you are introduced to the clean interface of Avast Antivirus that may look a bit too simplistic to some users. However, this is a product that users pay for and it is baffling how its developers have still made sneaky attempts at tricking their customers into making potentially unwanted changes in their systems. If this was something limited to the Avast Free, then it would make more sense and be a bit more acceptable and understandable. To prevent that, you’d need to instead opt for Customize Setup and then uncheck the “Set as Default Browser” option a second time! As respected and as popular Avast might be as an antivirus, this level of sneakiness in order to get you to install its browser and make it your system’s default one makes a very bad impression and is, in our opinion, a very poor choice on the end of Avast’s developers. If you go for the latter, the Avast Secure Browser would still be set as your default one. Once the installation is finished with you having disabled the aforementioned setting, you’d be given two options: Customize Setup and Finish Setup. Furthermore, even if you do notice the setting in its small font and disable it, that won’t be enough to prevent Avast from making its browser your default one. First of all, the “Set as Default Browser” setting is of the opt-out type which means that it is a setting that’s enabled by default and you’d have to manually disable it in the installer if you don’t want the Avast Secure Browser to be made your system’s default one. However, there’s also the bad side to this: Avast has its own browser (“Avast Secure Browser”) and it relentlessly tries to make it your default one. This is a nice touch that allows users to leave unnecessary software out of their system. For instance, you may not want any Avast browser extensions or you are already using a standalone Firewall service and don’t need the one offered by Avast. Whereas other antivirus solutions such as Kaspersky or Trend Micro have very quick and streamlined installation processes that barely require you to do anything, Avast gives you quite a lot of customization freedom – clicking on the Customize option will allow you to choose which of the items that come with the package you’d like to get installed and which you’d prefer to leave out. The installation of Avast is a bit different compared to that of its competitors. ![]() Installation and Interface of Avast Premium Security Our main focus throughout the article will be Avast Premium Security as it is the most balanced suite of the three options so this will be our point of reference when talking about the other two variants. Today, we will go over the three antivirus suites that Avast has to offer – Avast Free Antivirus, Avast Premium Security, and Avast Ultimate – and we will try to determine whether users would benefit from the paid options or would be better off with sticking to the free package. Avast is a well-known cyber-security vendor known for its strong and reliable antivirus engine as well as for its potent free version that provides an impressive number of extra features for a free antivirus solution.
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