In the past, Avast has even incorporated a “shopping” feature that added advertisements to other web pages as you browsed. RELATED: Don't Use Your Antivirus’ Browser Extensions: They Can Actually Make You Less Safe Free Antivirus Software Has to Be Paid For Somehowįree antivirus software has to make a profit somehow, so it’s no surprise that companies like Avast have turned to gathering and monetizing their customers’ data. We recommend against installing your antivirus’s browser extensions, but you can’t avoid privacy problems just by avoiding the browser extensions. That may be one reason why Avast is engaging in such wholesale data collection through its desktop application. While Google and Mozilla can crack down on what an antivirus company’s browser extensions can do, no one’s stopping a company like Avast from collecting data using its desktop application.
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