Avast Secure Browser serves the purpose of giving internet browsing.

Im really not a fan of programs that force themselves on me, and while this is a far cry from the worst offenders, its not what I expected from a 'secure browser'.In this era of technology, it is needless to say that without the internet, daily work is a struggle, as most of our works are on the basis of the internet. I'll keep playing with it and edit with anything new worth mentioning.Įdit: I'm not sure if it's bugs or known and approved functionality, but between the automatic start menu and taskbar pinning, and the repeated taskbar re-pinning, I decided to get rid of it. Honestly the red flag I listed in the cons set me about checking reddit to see if there was anyone else complaining about it, but the browser seems pretty solid. EDIT: The program is continuously pinning itself to my taskbar, and I have hence uninstalled it from my computer.So I will re-emphasize that it would be nice to see that support considering there's forum posts for this browser out there also asking for theme support) (And as of checking the press release, Avast is aware they dont support themes. Seeing some theme support would be a nice QoL change. My guess was that they would since it seems like this is more of a modification of the Chrome browser rather than a brand new browser, but alas they do not. EDIT: Google Chrome themes do not seem to work with the browser.Probably overreacting, but this was a big red flag for me considering how invasive big name software brands have been lately (COUGH COUGH WINDOWS 10 COUGH COUGH COUGH) Pins itself to your taskbar and start menu even if you tell it 'No thanks, ask me later' when it runs the first time preferences menu.Dev console seems to work just as well (and the exact same) as it did in Chrome, which leads me to believe this is a modification of Chrome rather than a new browser.Sadly did not seem to copy over my Google Chrome theme, despite importing everything else.Seems to block some ads that Adblock Plus, Adblock, and Ublock Origins all seem to miss, but fails to block some ads that they all catch and block.Video downloader seems to work really well.Imported all my bookmarks from Chrome just fine.I've only been using it a short while, and its running with no extensions compared to my Chrome, but I loaded up one of my favorite sites that is more notorious for being slow and it seemed to load faster It does seem faster than Chrome so far.Here's what I've seen in my short time trying the browser:

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