Top annoying practices of antivirus products

Do you remember the good old days when security vendors used to sell what you asked for? When you wanted to buy antivirus or a security suite, the vendor would sell you precisely that: an antivirus or a security suite. However, times have changed, and many companies do not do that anymore.

Unfortunately, this has become a common practice in the security market, and few companies still do things the old way. In this article we are going to show you some of the most common annoying practices among security vendors:

1. Changing your web browser’s homepage

Many security companies choose to do this, even if you buy their commercial products. If you do not pay attention during the installation process, you might end up with a brand new homepage set for some or all of your web browsers.

Here are just a few examples of commercial security solutions that try to change your homepage:

• Panda Global Protection – attempts to change your homepage to a webpage called Panda Safe Web, a web page maintained by Visicom Media. 
• Norton Security Premium – comes with Norton Home Page, a tool that changes your browser’s homepage to a Norton website called Norton Safe Search. This web page is powered by Ask, a web service with a bad reputation. 
• Comodo Internet Security Complete 10 – when you install it, the first thing it tries to convince you. If the first thing a security suite does is to try to change your browsing preferences, that says a lot about the policy and intentions of the company.

2. Changing your web browser’s default search engine

Much like the practice of changing your web browser’s homepage, some companies also try to change your default search provider. The reason? By handling search results for you, these companies can include their partners or their ads in the list of search results. 

To give you a few such examples, look at:

• Panda Global Protection – tries to change your search engine to Panda Safe Web, the same web page maintained by Visicom Media.
• Comodo Internet Security Complete 10 – tries to make you change your search engine to Yahoo.
• Norton Security Premium – also gets you Norton Safe Search, which changes your browser’s search engine to the Norton website called Norton Safe Search, which is powered by Ask.

3. Installing unwanted, useless toolbars or browser extensions

Another bad practice of some antivirus vendors is to bundle unwanted or unneeded toolbars or browser extensions. They usually install something similar to the sleazy Ask toolbar but under a different name.

• Panda Global Protection – bundles a toolbar called Panda Safe Toolbar that is created by the same company called Visicom Media.
• Avast! Premier and AVG Internet Security – both install a browser extension called SafePrice. This extension has nothing to do with your safety. SafePrice is a browser extension that we would classify as adware.

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