On 24 Jun 2018, Ralph Fox wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8:

Google ran what has proven to be an effective campaign to push
Chrome, on several fronts (including drive-by downloads).

Almost every computer I've been asked to fix has Chrome on it, and
the user can never tell me where it came from. I know that Avast
Free AV and CCleaner, for two, try to sneak it past you during
install.

For this, look at one of the alternative Chromium builds such as
SRWare Iron.
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php

Thanks, I'll check it out. I have Chromium itself as an alternate
browser on one computer, but it's been many moons since I actually
ran it.