Tried to get to Q posts on my wife's laptop and get this...common?
(media.greatawakening.win)
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Avast as a virus protection software is garbage and based on past history may very well still be spying on you and or selling information about your computer usage habits and browsing history to 3rd parties (even paying customers).
Oh and they obviously insert their politics into what they allow you to browse on the internet.
Ditch the crap antivirus. I personally bought ESET when I kicked Avast to the curb. You might not prefer that type of antivirus because there are allot of advanced configuration options which may not be clear for every user.
Good luck.
Here since I don't liked putting things out there without providing the sauce:
Avast caught harvesting user browsing data via its Mozilla extension in 2019.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/mozilla-removes-avast-and-avg-firefox-extensions
Avast caught spying again in 2020 on users clicks and selling data to a 3rd party company, Jumpshot. Basically your browsing history got sold out. Data sharing agreement was terminated after media reported on the personally identifiable and unencrypted transmission of user browser histories by the Avast antivirus.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-cost-of-avasts-free-antivirus-companies-can-spy-on-your-clicks
Here is another in depth article regarding security/ antivirus firms selling all of your data
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation