Updates with assumed extras ...
In recent days I've been invited to update to the latest versions of both Avast and AVG.
Each of them had small print offers and boxes already ticked which, if not noticed and unticked, would have installed other crap - toolbars, browsers, and other programs which they assume I cannot live without.
Mind you, AVG and Avast are not alone here. Quite a few programs offered these days have partially hidden assumptions built into their install routines which, unless deleted or declined, will go ahead and install things which you never expected or wanted.
I regard this as totally dishonest, and having had to already disinfect a couple of friends machines who hadn't noticed the extra stuff they were assumed to need, I getting a bit pi**ed off with these devious tactics.
I wish them all a generous dose of the pox!