is avast antivirus still safe? : r/antivirus - Reddit Here's the thing, i've been using Avast for over 8 years on every computer I owned during that time. It seemed, effective, safe and free. but. lately, for the past few months, my Avast keeps popping up in the lower right with all these messages like. "your PC is being slowed down by all this crap, we can fix it" "your drivers are ...