On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:10:55 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/25/2017 2:50 PM, lucretia wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 12:31:55 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Here's the real time stuff from Snopes
>>>
>>> http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/13/kel...rowave-spying/
>>>
>>> Janet US
>>
>> Nope, my microwave is too old but the avast email did not really
>> centre on microwaves. It was an interesting email in general but since
>> my stuff is old, no probs
>>
>The Avast email is merely a marketing tool to ramp up paranoia to get
>customers to pay more for yet another layer of "security". Every time I
>open a browser Avast warns "Anyone can see what you do online" and hopes
>I'll pay them more money. Sorry, I don't care if this mysterious
>"anyone" knows I'm watching silly cat videos.
>
>Jill

I didn't take that at all from the email. Of course they will
advertise but the email was informative and gave me pause for thought,
but I do care, even have camera eye taped over with duct tape. I used
to use avast but it was other aspects of it I didn't care for, so am
back to ccleaner and spybot.