Interesting article about Avast

As much as I like howtogeek it seems they just target Avast in this article, possibly with good reason.
Here is one less biased and very informative restoreprivacy.com/antivirus-privacy/
We have to remember nothing is really ‘free’ and Is paid for somehow.
It’s always a good idea to read the privacy policy of any program installed.

Avast also owns CCleaner and AVG

I use Avast and CCleaner. I have the data sharing component in Avast disabled. It’s so easy to do and should be done during installation.
Anyone concerned may consider using Windows Defender which is considered a reliable anti virus and is already installed.