I purchased a product from Avast via… I purchased a product from Avast via Digital River, but the transaction wasn't completed properly. Money was deducted, but I wasn't redirected to the Avast website. It's surprising that they lack a system to check transaction success and issue automatic refunds. Now, I'm spending time contacting parties instead of simply renewing my antivirus.

Deceptive business practices - no way to cancel Deceptive business practices. Don't get caught out like I did. They LIE. They get you to sign up for a trial period, but demand you fill in legitimate payment details. For a trial? But, they promise you can cancel at any time before the payment is due. The problem is, they provide no way of doing said cancellation before the trial period ends. The links they provide only go to your account page, and the"purchased" software page. But guess what, it doesn't contain the trial software (which didn't actually work BTW). So I try to go to the payment page. This only confirms a payment will be taken soon, and there is no way to stop it, except transfer from paypal to c/card or vice-versa. Is this a legalised scam or what?.

They took unauthorised payment from my account They took payment from my account, no reference, no idea what it was for. Had to close my account to stop this happening again. 1 star because I couldn’t give them less

Be very carful if using this company as… The "auto-renewal" feature is something to be avoided. Auto-renewal not something I was expecting to come across as most companies are now well aware that buyers of good/services see this as a fraudulent practice. I did manage to cancel my subscription but it took time to get back into my account. Be wary of any company that uses auto-renewals, they are really hoping you forget to cancel and so keep taking your money each month. Remember, "ethical" companies don't use "iffy" practices.

It's a scam, don't touch them. It's a scam. They take unauthorised payments without notice, my case through Paypal, and I don't even know what it's for, they should be investigated. I have hopefully stopped any further fraudulent charges via my Paypal account.