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Overview

AVAST Software has a rating of 2.23 stars from 64 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about AVAST Software most frequently mention customer service problems. AVAST Software ranks 52nd among Antivirus Software sites.

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  • Value
    13
  • Shipping
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  • Returns
    10
  • Quality
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How would you rate AVAST Software?
Top Positive Review

“A lot of interesting and efficient features”

Anis B.
2/22/22

Hello, I have bought Avast Ultimate from their partner avast-tn.com. And I have discovered à lot of possibilities of configuration for many interesting Avast security features. Easy to use, easy to install. The mimic VPN protocole make my connection not being interrupted and I have access to all my favorite website! Tuneup makes my pc goes faster. Simply great!

Top Critical Review

“The worst when trying to cancel Avast Software!”

Matthew W.
2/22/24

I had used Avast Software for several years, but then the price of their product went up substantially and they kept trying to sell me new products. When I called customer service, the guy was a pain in the you know what by trying to question why I was cancelling my subscription and why their products are so much better than others. Newsflash to their customer service: THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT AND CUSTOMER SHOULD DO WHAT THE CUSTOMER REQUESTS WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED! Plain and simple! The person I spoke with finally got my message after I repeated it numerous times while talking over him and refunded/cancelled my annual subscription. I highly suggest to not ever start with a subscription to this company for any product, even if you think it is the best.

Reviews (64)

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Thumbnail of user mattheww1272
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 22nd, 2024

I had used Avast Software for several years, but then the price of their product went up substantially and they kept trying to sell me new products. When I called customer service, the guy was a pain in the you know what by trying to question why I was cancelling my subscription and why their products are so much better than others. Newsflash to their customer service: THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT AND CUSTOMER SHOULD DO WHAT THE CUSTOMER REQUESTS WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED! Plain and simple! The person I spoke with finally got my message after I repeated it numerous times while talking over him and refunded/cancelled my annual subscription. I highly suggest to not ever start with a subscription to this company for any product, even if you think it is the best.

Tip for consumers:
Try Avast free if curious, but just be cautious and don't be sucked into the never ending popups which entice you to buy other products.

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Avast Premium

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Thumbnail of user donc1161
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 22nd, 2024

I just received (via email) a notice that Avast is going to ding my bank account for a "renewal" of software I haven't used in a couple of years. I have called their customer support number and have been holding for almost an hour. I tend to think that this is company policy.

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Thumbnail of user estherm332
5 reviews
1 helpful vote
August 4th, 2023

Ridiculous refund policy. I requested refund which was accepted via chat. I was informed that will receive the money within 7 days. When I haven't received the money within this period I checked my email and realised that they sent the link to accept their terms and conditions before receiving the money. Of course at that time the link has expired so I have to do it all over again. Luckily I am still within cancellation period otherwise I would loose the money

Thumbnail of user anisb18
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 22nd, 2022

Hello, I have bought Avast Ultimate from their partner avast-tn.com. And I have discovered à lot of possibilities of configuration for many interesting Avast security features. Easy to use, easy to install. The mimic VPN protocole make my connection not being interrupted and I have access to all my favorite website! Tuneup makes my pc goes faster. Simply great!

Tip for consumers:
Choose your own peronnal files that you want to protect with anti-ransomware feature. See with device is on your network using wifi protection

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Avast Ultimate

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Thumbnail of user vassilikis1
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 9th, 2024

They charged me in advance following year's subscription via Paypal, without sending any email notification, so i can cancel it. When i noticed the charge the same day, i complained, they tried to persuade me to maintain the subscription, without apologizing. I questioned also the transaction on Paypal. Where they immediately put it on dispute. Avast support, finally agreed to refund me. Paypal informed me that the case was closed in my favor. After ten days, the amount was not refunded. I complained again. This time my bank was the problem and of course i contacted with them and they were not the creating any problem!It has been a month, i have contacted them one more time and the customer support was rude! They told me, the problem was Paypal, it was in dispute, which of course is not true! The y asked me to wait again. The worst company i have encountered.The customer support should also be trained to speak polite.Phrases like " Are you done?", are totally inappropriate. Or " Send me the screenshot of Paypal, translated, of you want get your money back "...Unbelievable behavior! They do not deserve a star..

Thumbnail of user hileyp
44 reviews
190 helpful votes
April 14th, 2020

Avast offers awesome free services where many companies claim a charge for this. Nevertheless, it's paid service could be better as it won't expend the whole functional much.

Thumbnail of user gregchick0
5 reviews
1 helpful vote
October 18th, 2023

I am not sure how the "Program" or option became in my system. I did not ask for the popups to warn me that I was in danger...It seems the presence of the Avast software itself seems to be what it is warning me about!
I searched the damm thing and saw the reviews here and had to add my 2 cents. The main objection is it seems to be a push product that will not go away and it is posing as Google? Or Microsoft or part of my package I already have except I need to buy into it.
What is real anymore? It seems I myself could be AI and for all you know I am a compettor of Avast and at least a Troll.
This invasion bothers me, I am worried by this spammy thing

Tip for consumers:
I did not buy this product, my whole point is the spammy way it is being forced/pushed into my computer! How can I want to buy this? My experience is directly about the product without even buying it.

Thumbnail of user jessicam3395
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 22nd, 2022

Wasn't a bad software but, the issue is that you'll use the free program and without ANY warning whatsoever, you get charged over $100 for their service advertised as free. No warning, no call, no voice mail, no e-mail to catch it before they charge you. They just pounce once that money pops up and they pounce quick. That example of unprofessional crap is why I got rid of it.

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Thumbnail of user angelah2221
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 24th, 2023

Terrible and unprofessional customer support. I had to politely beg for a refund for a charge that was automatically renewed without my authorization. The entire request lasted 30 minutes while the customer support agent named Kennedy, attempted to exhaust me with alternatives and delayed responding for nearly 5 minutes. The agent tried to exhaust me by asking several times why I wanted a refund and tried to only offer a 75% partial refund. It was quite obvious their intentions were to frustrate me and delay the entire process. This agent also made underlying taunting & mocking comments of my Asian heritage last name -- which was quite obvious and extremely unprofessional. It was difficult to maintain my composure but I continued to say thank you and please to my requests despite the constant disrespect that I had received.

I was really happy with Avast programs and features but I will never ever do business with Avast ever again because of this. I have never written a consumer affairs review either or a 1 star review. Ever. So I hope this can speak volumes to my experience. You should not have to go through this experience for canceling or requesting for a refund especially if it is within a reasonable time frame. In my case, immediately after they charged me.

Customer support id ******* - 7/24/2023 6:33pm PST

Tip for consumers:
Expect unprofessional customer support and have a hard time receiving a refund.

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Avast Premium Security

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Thumbnail of user valeriag6
39 reviews
47 helpful votes
May 1st, 2018

Se que no hacen las aplicaciones para que sean gratis, pero esta dentro de lo sencillo de lo que ofrece cumple con su cometido. Lo que molesta en grado sumo son esos carteles que salen diciendo que la computadora esta por explotar y solo se salva si compras este o aquel paquete. Eso es depresivo. Estrategia de marketing desastrosa y repetida por años

Thumbnail of user cayennew1
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 23rd, 2022

Why would you ever want any program to delete the entire contents of ANY folder?! I am so mad at them - they said I checked a box wrong.
This should NEVER happen, and there should always be a way to recover - who would use antivirus to delete perfectly good files? I can do that myself - but now I'm screwed.
Beware, this is such terrible practice and WHY!?!?!? So mad

Tip for consumers:
don't use this, unless you want to randomly lose files. all your files.

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avast one and cleanup

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Thumbnail of user sandrines16
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 4th, 2023
Verified purchase

Poor VPN, NO customer service, NO answers when facing a problem, average or superflous products, problems with other VPNs when using Avast, pushing "buy, buy,buy" politics... DON'T buy their products, it's not worth it AND you will NEVER get a service or an answer if you are facing a problem. They cosider their clients without any respect and just as cash sources.

Tip for consumers:
Don't buy AVAST! Productrs are average at best, pricey, and NO customer service, No answers when facing a problem, totally unacceptable.

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All their products

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Thumbnail of user kswiltsee
1 review
3 helpful votes
May 16th, 2023

AVAST is the Company from HELL!
I canceled my account and removed the software.
A year later they billed me and I had to spend 3 hours on the phone to get a refund and an assurance the account was canceled.
One year after that I got billed AGAIN and had to spend 2 hours on the phone to get a refund.
When I asked why they billed me again they said "Your canceled account is marked for rebilling"
DONT USE THIS COMPANY

Tip for consumers:
They put you on hold for hours if you try to contact billing. Every other line connects in less than 5 minutes.

Products used:
Security Software

Thumbnail of user lilitham
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
March 24th, 2022

Used it for a couple of years and the free version works powerfully like the other paid antivirus tools

Thumbnail of user markk1962
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
April 3rd, 2022

New update messed up with my audio/video drivers, was really hard to revert it back. 3 hours of my life wasted

Thumbnail of user teeh
17 reviews
54 helpful votes
January 9th, 2018
• Updated review

You used to be able to buy a package, and it covered everything, and now they separate everything, and then charge you for each thing, so it no longer is cost effective unless you have multiple computers. Last straw, you used to get phone version for free when you paid for everything else, and now I have to pay $6 a year (yes, I know that is minor, but by next year, they wil charge $20 a year, for sure. I have been with this company since their early days on the net, when it was free for residential customers, but are now to big for their britches, and charge far to much, and are always finding new ways of nickel and diming you. I am sad to have to put forth this update. I wrote to them that it was getting out of control, but unlike the old AVAST, they had no time to write me back. So sad to see. No way to bundle packages to save money anymore, either. I will have to start looking at different companies after 20 years with this one company. You just know there is one fat cat making a buttload of money while I now go more broke every year.

Tip for consumers:
Once you buy this, it is hard to remove from your computer, so if you buy, expect to keep until you change to a new system. just my opinion, but I have seen other opinions here say they had issues removing it. Backup your system first, and be prepared to buy a new computer or hard drive, possibly.

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Was a user of the FREE version for 5 years, then had...
January 9th, 2018
• Previous review

Was a user of the FREE full version for 5 years (used to be free for all residential users for the full version!), then had to upgrade to reasonably priced full version. Have had the program stop me dead before a Trojan Horse tried to open. Not had a successful virus get through in the 6 years of paid use (or the 5 of unpaid). IMHO, MUCH better than all of the retail ones I have ever tried. I used this as a free backup when I had free McAfee the 1st 2 yrs that came with my computer, Avast caught so many things that McAfee missed. The free version was comprehensive, at one point, you only paid if you were a business. I had the and free version for years, until they notified that they would not cover everything they had in the past, and gave a date. The paid version was super inexpensive the first couple of years, but is still today cheaper than all of the other systems out there, and so much better as far as I am concerned, yet it STILL stays cheaper than others & STILL is the best system out there as far as I am concerned. I run the tests by the other sites every so often, and they all SAY they have found something (of course), but with research, find that these are errors on my computer (caused by me, or registry errors that are not "urgent". AVAST has added various services over the years, and I have tried them n and off (alo of them) over time, and they ARE good, but they do make the service expensive if you buy all of the extras. I do wish they had an all inclusive price and would stop trying to sell me stuff that is not included, that is my only bad comment, and that is minor. The free mobile phone version is well worth downloading! I will keep Avast for the foreseeable future! I remember all of the issues I have had with the mayor brands that either come free with my computer, or have a free 'trial'. Avast wins hands down! Is easy to use, too.

Tip for consumers:
Have been a user for over 10 years now. Kicks butt compared to McAfee, and all of the "free for one year" services that come with computers. If you have one of these free for a year (or 2) ones, I suggest that you download the free version of the Avast software as well to see what it catches that the preinstalled software does not, that was the proof I needed to never go back!

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Thumbnail of user sophiew53
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
January 18th, 2020

The choice of free antiviruses is not that big. And we settled on Avast Free Antivirus - recommended it as a simple and easy-to-use program.

Antivirus has many advantages. The first is autonomy. The antivirus works by itself, it updates itself. It's easy for me to check for software updates, but this causes some problems for my parents. Therefore, such independence pleases. But if necessary, you can enable manual download. No keys and passwords are needed. The second is the quality of protection. Of course, if the virus was not caught, then you will not know if it was. But for now, it catches Avast well, blocks unwanted windows. So far, fortunately, there have been no problems with trojans and other dishonesty.
The third plus is multifunctionality. Avast will check for viruses, and the browser will clean it, and report performance problems. Although the latter is not for beginners - so you can remove it.

The only thing that is somewhat annoying is the pop-up windows in which they offer to purchase and install security programs from Avast. Or reports how many hacker attacks have been in recent times. But this happens once when you turn it on, so you can put up with it. But I did not notice any slowdown in the computer. By the way, has anyone tried Avast Driver Updater for the sake of better work of operating system? I found it here: https://thinkmobiles.com/products/*******/, but still have doubts if I really need it.

Thumbnail of user sgt.g
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 29th, 2023

IT HAS DRAINED MY CPU, DELETED MY GRAPHICS DRIVERS, LIED TO ME ABOUT VIRUSES ON MY COMPUTER, AND LAGGED MY COMPUTER! NO MORE, ITS REIGN OF TERROR ENDS TONIGHT!

VIVA LA REVOLTION!

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nothing, it sucks

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Thumbnail of user nellis1
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
December 26th, 2022

Zero is too much for Avast. I used it for years, then I didn't have computer for awhile, was charged, asked for refund, it was in April. They refunded, in May charged, asked for refund, they refunded, they charged me again in May, never refunded, it was 9 months ago. There emails since June, I asking for refund, many emails from them and from me, each time they reviewand say i should receive refund shortly. In November they replied that 30 days time frame for refund passed. Again phone calls, emails, same story, they say that escalated my case and refund should be received shortly. Now is December 26th...

Tip for consumers:
Avoid Avast

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Avast protection

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Thumbnail of user billg45
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
December 15th, 2015

A great security suite that prevent's various malware from bogging down your pc.

Thumbnail of user patrickd518
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 19th, 2021

I ran the avast driver app on my Asus pc the app knocked out my graphics and I can't use my pc anymore, one of the tecs at avast tried to fix the problem with out success, he told me a senior tec would be in touch to help I have now been waiting 4 days and every time I get in touch with them I am told I will have to wait for the senior tec to get in touch with me, totally a rubbish aftersales service.

Thumbnail of user samantham1276
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 11th, 2022

I downloaded this to stop the malware on my computer and to what I hoped would make it run faster. After I purchased this software my laptop locked me out and this software corrupted my computer. DO NOT PURCHASE this software. Now I got to go pay a expert with computers just to get my computer to work again.

Tip for consumers:
Don’t trust Avast.

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Avast Protection Software

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Thumbnail of user benardl
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
June 22nd, 2020

Avast antivirus is so far my best software on phone and computer it works smart and it's easy to use.

Thumbnail of user acob1
1 review
3 helpful votes
May 12th, 2021

Downloaded the premium virus protection and it worked well the next day i downloaded driver updater on the first running it deleted all the virtual drivers off my computer now no audio or video devices and i cant seem to get them back so im asking for a refund but they dont seem to want to answer DONT GET DRIVER UPDATER

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No customer service been waiting for a reply but nothing there no good

Products used:
Avast clean up premium avast premium security and avast driver updaterdont know about the other 2 softweres and not prepared to trust them after avast driver updater disabled my computer my advice do not try it you will be sorry

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Thumbnail of user terrij196
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 24th, 2022

DO NOT BUY THEIR UPGRADED SERVICE... IT COMPLETELY TRASHED AND CRASHED MY COMPUTER WHICH HAD TO BE TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE PROGRAM.
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HORRIBLE AND USELESS... WILL NOT REFUND THE MONEY SPENT.
SAVE YOUR SELF THE HEADACHE AND COST... DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!

Tip for consumers:
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY.....PLEASE!!!

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Top of the line AVAST anti-virus service

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