Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common ...

Avast has announced that they are shutting down their Jumpshot subsidiary that was selling user data collected by Avast's antivirus software products. In a joint investigation by PCMag and Motherboard ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped antivirus maker Avast with a fine of $16.5 million for selling customer data to third parties without their consent. The Commission has also banned the ...

Antivirus firm Avast Software s.r.o., the owner of popular free products such as AVG and Avast Antivirus, is under investigation in its home country, the Czech Republic, for allegedly selling the ...

Antivirus program Avast, which is used by hundreds of millions of people, collected and sold users' most secretive browsing data to some of the world's largest companies until 2019. Once Avast was ...

One of the world's largest antivirus providers is ending a program that collected and sold users' Web browsing data a few days after media reports exposed the platform. Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek ...

The Mac and Windows version of Avast antivirus has been used to harvest user data, an investigation claims, with some sensitive info sold to third parties, including Google, Microsoft, and Intuit.

What just happened? Cybersecurity giant Avast has been hit with a $16.5 million fine from the FTC for selling customers' web browsing data to advertisers. The company carried out this practice despite ...