DandelionSprout
commented
1 year ago As much as I hate the guts of Avast and AVG (though not as quite as much as I hate McAfee), virtually none of the listed sites can be blocked because there's (unfortunately?) enough quite a few people who still use such tools and would likely complain if I block them outright.
It would definitely be a No Deal to block i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu, who although development on his (Daniel Kladnik) extensions and list seems to have slowed down a lot, is still a beloved adblock list (including by me).
I have precedence of blocking opt-out antivirus options in downloaders, and specific antivirus softwares known to change the default search engines, but blocking antivirus companies outright would raise waaaaaaaay too big eyebrows, and as such I must decline this outright. You are welcome to write new issues for when installers attempt to bundle any of those companies, however.
Which entry/entries are you submitting?
Norton
https://norton.com/https://lifelock.norton.com/https://www.reputationdefender.com/https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/https://www.avira.com/Avast and brands belongs to ithttps://www.avast.com/indexhttps://www.avg.com/en-ww/homepagehttps://www.ccleaner.com/https://www.hidemyass.com/en-us/indexhttps://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/Which things do they block, hide, or unbreak?
Avast and Norton, these two antivirus are malware themselves.
Scareware, trying to scaring user in their upsell notifications (Avast and Norton) 4 : 15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du0hRZnjljAhttps://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/vop6q7/norton_scared_the_shit_out_of_me_before_i/Browser hijacker, automatically open extensions' web store page (Avast)
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=323896.0PUP, bundle antivirus (Avast) and install cryptominer without permission (Norton)
https://www.techspot.com/news/77949-ccleaner-could-install-avast-anti-virus-without-permission.htmlhttps://www.theverge.com/2022/1/7/22869528/norton-crypto-miner-security-software-reactionSpyware, collect and sell user data, including browsing data :
https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/is-avast-safe/46519/Have a lot of controversies (Norton) :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Digital#Security_concerns_and_controversiesWhich of my lists are you submitting it to?
💊 Dandelion Sprout's Anti-Malware List
Which adblocker(s) and version did you use when writing and testing the entries?
Other(s):
Adblocker version(s): 1.52.2
Which filterlists did you use? Failing to tell this will temporarily close the report until it has been told.
uBlock filters
EasyList
AdGuard URL Tracking Protection
Block Outsider Intrusion into LAN
EasyPrivacy
Online Malicious URL Blocklist
Phishing URL Blocklist
EasyList – Annoyances
uBlock filters – Annoyances
💊 Dandelion Sprout's Anti-Malware List
EasyList China
(Optional) Which browser(s) and version did you use?
Kiwi Browser 116.0.5845.240