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Avast even does some browser trickery to then be able to inspect tls/ssl packets. Not sure how I noticed that on a windows machine, but the owner was glad to un
by hirako2000 7y ago
Avast even does some browser trickery to then be able to inspect tls/ssl packets.
Not sure how I noticed that on a windows machine, but the owner was glad to uninstall it. As said on other comments, the built-in windows 10 defender AV is the least evil software to have enabled for somewhat a protected endpoint.
The situation is desperate for AV publishers, they treat customers like sheeps, the parallel with mafia ain't too far possible to make.
It sorts of reminds me 20 years back when it was common discussion to have on how AV publishers first deployed a number of viruses to create a market.
The war for a decent form of cyber security and privacy is being lost. It's getting worse every year. More money (billions) is poured into it. To no avail.
I think we got to seriously show the example and reject closed source solutions all together, stay away from centralized providers, question everything we consume.
The crowed will eventually follow.
- joobus 7y agoI was forced to install this by my company on my mac. Avast breaks ssl/tls certification, and in a browser with avast, every website is reported as having an Avast cert. They basically mitm all browser traffic.
- hirako2000 7y agoThis shinannigan can be diabled btw. It's just On by default. Quite concerning a company forcing you to install this on an OS that has so little need for AV altogether.
- 52-6F-62 7y agoI see your Avast and raise you McAfee protection on everything. Thankfully we were able to remove it. It was literally destroying the machine (do anything it considers a risky process and it would crank the CPU to 99% and start to melt the thing) and rendering it unusable.
- mr_toad 7y agoI see this all the time on corporate desktops, but on your own hardware? I’d point blank refuse. I’d rather just not use it for work.
- btown 7y agoFor details: https://blog.avast.com/2015/05/25/explaining-avasts-https-scanning-feature/ https://blog.avast.com/2015/05/25/explaining-avasts-https-sc...