Add-on needs a separate desktop app installed
The add-on does nothing until a separate Avast desktop program is downloaded and installed, which many users only discover after installing.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
12 public reports · first reported 21 September 2019 · last reported 24 November 2025
What's going wrong
Many people who add this browser extension find that it does nothing on its own.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 12 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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