I didn't say it wouldn't install Avast when you install CCleaner. But the
original message said that CCleaner is periodically reinstalled after being
uninstalled and it didn't say this only happened when a new version of
CCleaner was installed.

If that happened as a general behavior, it would have caused tremendous
outcry from those, sighted and blind, using CCleaner who had mistakenly
installed Avast and then removed it. Where is that outcry?
Also, given the difficulty and inaccessibility of many decline parts of free
software, I suspect that you thought you had declined it, but didn't.

Companies try to sneak software onto machines but the company that owns
Avast and CCleaner wouldn't damage its reputation by doing something
blatantly illegal such as having Avast installed even when a user
specifically declined the offer. The company has a very good reputation
and, if for no other reason, that's worth a lot of money.

Gene
----- Original Message -----

From: Desiree Oudinot
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 5:14 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] I think Avast is a virus :-)


Hi,

I very rarely post on this list, but this message warrants a response.




I, too, have had CCleaner install Avast even when I've declined the offer
during installation. Once it's launched, it seems to do something in the
background to install it. As a result, I began using the portable version of
CCleaner to avoid this problem.




I believe this is unacceptable, but until now, had also never seen anyone
discussing the issue, so I figured I had done something to trigger it. But
perhaps not.




On 7/13/2018 4:35 PM, Gene wrote:

Then why has no other CCleaner user reported the problem not just on this
list, but on the other two active Windows users lists I'm on? It doesn't
seem plausible.

How have you tried to remove Avast in the past? And if you really think
its CCleaner, why not completely remove CCleaner and see what happens?

But rather than do that, doing what I suggest below may yield the wanted
result without doing unnecessary and likely ineffective work.

I don't know how you might stop it. the question may well be too specific
and essoteric for the list. Why not ask somewhere like Bleeping Computer
where geeks hang out to help with technical questions that range from simple
to obscure.

Gene
----- Original Message -----

From: Brian's Mail list account via Groups.Io
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 3:28 PM
To: nvda@groups.io
Subject: [nvda] I think Avast is a virus :-)


I'm having terrible trouble stopping this anti virus once installed and
removed from making frequent attempts to reinstall itself. I have a
suspicion that Ccleaner is responsible for apparent random downloads in
the
background without any input from a user. It then sits there and out of
the
blue comes up as installing.

Does anyone know of a third party program that can spot this and actually

stop it. maybe an entry in Microsofts windows 7 firewall or something.
Unfortunately, the machine in question is a device used by both sighted
and
blind, and its only when I get there and find this inaccessible over
active
impossible to remove bit of so called anti virus software that I get very

annoyed. I want to make it absolutely impossible to install it.
Any ideas?
Brian

bglists@...
Sent via blueyonder.
Please address personal E-mail to:-
briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff'
in the display name field.