Win XP machine (yes I know), Firefox 26.
This morning Avast (free) advised in its little popup window (bottom RHS) that it wanted to clean the "Grime" from my computer and recover about 400+ Mb of disk space.
I expect Avast to do the anti virus thing and protect me from nasties, not assume other roles for which I gave it mandate or invitation.
I use a few other programs to do the housekeeping in this area. I don't trust them all (CC Cleaner did more damage than good - important things disappeared). Malwarebytes and Hijack This are trusted, and I use Registry Booster every few weeks to keep that area up to speed.
I've noticed that Firefox has slowed considerable since the last Avast "update" was installed. It hardly seems a co-incidence. Methinks it's become ever more involved in new areas at the cost of overall speed.
So do I give Avast this new freedom to mess about with my data or not?
I can only echo the sentiments of a few others here: "Why do they always have to mess about with these things?"
