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Avast antivirus caught spying on user data

AshishMohta@TWC — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 05:02:56 +0000

Avast antivirus is one of the popular antiviruses for Windows 10, which has been offering its services for free for many Home users. Shockingly, they had been caught spying on user data. A joint investigation by PCMag and Motherboard reports some scary findings. It turns out they had not been offering their service for free, […]

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Avast Antivirus Network breached through insecure VPN Profile

AshishMohta@TWC — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:19:06 +0000

It looks like a VPN as a service is not having a good day. NordVPN is already under fire about its Private keys being leaked, and data decrypted on one of its servers, and now Avast Antivirus network has been confirmed to be breached through an insecure VPN profile. Avast has confirmed that instruction was […]

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Avast reprimanded by Google for weakening browser security

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:28:08 +0000

The common belief is that security products from big brands like Avast make browsers secure, even if free. This belief fades to some extent if the latest report from Google on security product is to be believed. Google, recently reported that security systems add new features to that users find useful however, in the process, […]

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avast! Endpoint Protection Suite, now FREE for Educational Institutions

RogerDunning@TWCN — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:49:48 +0000

avast! one of the leading security suite provider has launched a program that promises to give enterprise-level protection to schools for free. The Free for education program from avast! is providing Endpoint Protection Suite to schools for protecting their networks. avast! Endpoint Protection Suite The freemium suite has been designed to keep users away from […]

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After RealPlayer, Avast & AdAware to bundle Chrome browser.

AnandKhanse@TWC — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:09:21 +0000

Google’s nascent browser has paired with one of the most popular free security programs in the world so that when users run the Avast installer on a computer that has neither Chrome nor Avast, they’ll be offered a chance to install Chrome simultaneously. This is the first such bundling for Avast in its 21-year existence. […]

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