>>Almost EVERY TIME I log into my on-line bank account I see the following message (popping up from the bottom left tray) (see attached).
>>Clearly the AV Avast wants to sell me more of something.
>>Can they see my user ID and password? Or they only "know" that I am connecting to a secure site?
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>To answer your question, yes, Avast can watch everything you do, it has system level privileges (even more privileges than admin). You have to decide if you trust it; if not you need to remove the product.
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>That particular message may be an effort to get you to use Avast's so-called "SafeZone" browser rather than your regular one. If that's what's happening it looks like it's possible to uninstall just that browser:
http://techdows.com/2016/02/uninstall-or-remove-avast-safezone-browser.htmlThat is too bad that Avast can watch my user ID and password. I would love to remove it (Avast) but don't know how to do it safely. You may remember that a few months ago I tried to remove it and my system was completely screwed. Until I restored from the back up with the Avast still running.
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