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Avast launched Avast Business Small Office Protection, a solution for small businesses that provides robust, real-time cyber protection that’s easy to install and cost-effective. Securing up to 10 business devices, the product is ideal for entrep… Continue reading Avast Business Small Office Protection provides real-time cyber defense
Avast has released an Android version of Avast Secure Browser to extend its platform support beyond Windows and Mac on desktop to mobile. Avast Secure Browser for Android Avast Secure Browser for Android was developed following Avast’s 2019 acqui… Continue reading Avast Secure Browser for Android released, includes a built-in VPN
By Waqas
The anti-virus firm Avast has announced shutting down one of its subsidiaries called Jumpshot.
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Anti-virus company Avast said this week it will stop collecting and selling user data through a subsidiary following media reports and criticism from privacy advocates. The “data collection business is not in line with our privacy priorities as a company in 2020 and beyond,” said Ondrej Vlcek, CEO of Avast, which boasts 435 million users worldwide. Avast had been collecting users’ web browser data and, through its subsidiary Jumpshot, using that data to sell analytics products to big multinational companies, according to a joint investigation from Vice’s Motherboard and PCMag. The investigation prompted U.S. senators to question Avast and the Federal Trade Commission over the program. It also reinforced broader concerns about the ability of big tech firms to collect and monetize user data. Founded in 2015, Jumpshot advertised its ability to closely track consumer habits across over more than 150 websites like Amazon and Netlflix. “I realize the recent […]
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By Sudais Asif
It turns out Avast is using your browsing data to make big bucks. Here is what the new documents have revealed…
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Avast antivirus is one of the popular antiviruses for Windows 10, which has been offering its…
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By Sudais
In this specific case, it was Avast & AVG Security whose two browser extensions each have been found spying on users…
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If your Firefox or Chrome browser has any of the below-listed four extensions offered by Avast and its subsidiary AVG installed, you should disable or remove them as soon as possible.
Avast Online Security
AVG Online Security
Avast SafePrice
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It looks like a VPN as a service is not having a good day. NordVPN is already under fire about its…
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An unidentified attacker used stolen credentials to gain high-level privileges on the network of Czech software security vendor Avast, the company said Monday. The target of the persistent attack was likely Avast’s software-cleaning tool, CCleaner — the same product that was infiltrated in an infamous 2017 supply-chain attack breach that affected over 2 million computers. Worried that the attackers would manipulate CCleaner again, Avast said it halted an upcoming release of the product, revoked its previous security certificate, and put out a security update to users. Those measures, Avast CISO Jaya Baloo assured customers, were enough to ensure that CCleaner users were unaffected by the attack. Avast, which boasts of 400 million users of its products around the world, said it will study its network logs to learn more about the intrusion. “[I]t is clear that this was an extremely sophisticated attempt against us that had the intention to leave no traces […]
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