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The Web Security Avast fined $16.5 million by FTC for selling user browsing data to advertisers Avast harvested customers' data while promising them privacy By Rob Thubron, February 23, 2024, 5:16 AM 12 comments
Software Avast working on fix after CCleaner uninstall also removed other programs The problem only occurs in certain circumstances By Rob Thubron, April 8, 2022, 5:17 AM 14 comments
Security Software NortonLifeLock to acquire Avast for $8 billion Combined company to stay in both Arizona and Prague By Daniel Sims, August 11, 2021, 4:38 PM 12 comments
Security Free games including GTA V have infected 222,000 PCs with cryptojacking malware Making over $2 million for the hackers behind it By Rob Thubron, June 25, 2021, 7:40 AM 43 comments
The Web Software Researchers identify 28 malicious Chrome and Edge extensions with millions of users Remove any you might have installed By Rob Thubron, December 17, 2020, 9:22 AM
Software Microsoft Windows Defender is flagging CCleaner as a Potentially Unwanted Application Microsoft doesn't like bundled software By Rob Thubron, August 3, 2020, 5:15 AM 11 comments
Software Security Avast axes marketing subsidiary following public outcry about selling user data to third parties CEO says it's the right thing to do, but the plunging stock was probably key By Adrian Potoroaca, January 30, 2020, 6:04 PM 13 comments
Security Software Avast's free antivirus solution tracks users online to mine data for companies like Microsoft, Pepsi, and Google It turns out free security solutions may come at the cost of all your browsing data By Adrian Potoroaca, January 28, 2020, 7:03 AM 22 comments
Security The Web Avast and French police stop cryptomining worm, disinfect 850,000 computers A win for the good guys By Rob Thubron, September 2, 2019, 6:55 AM
Security Software CCleaner may be installing Avast anti-virus without your permission Avast is acting more like the malware it's supposed to defend against By David Matthews, December 19, 2018, 6:22 PM 30 comments
Software CCleaner update removed following outcry over privacy concerns More problems for the popular system-cleaning tool By Rob Thubron, August 6, 2018, 8:55 AM 16 comments
Security Avast reveals how attackers compromised CCleaner last year It all started with re-used passwords By Rob Thubron, April 23, 2018, 6:08 AM
Software Avast launches open-source decompiler for machine code Improved tools for reverse engineering malware By Greg Synek, December 13, 2017, 5:52 PM
Security CCleaner attack targeted large technology and communication companies This wasn't your run-of-the-mill malware attack By Shawn Knight, September 21, 2017, 12:30 PM 12 comments
Industry Software Avast acquires Piriform, the maker of CCleaner and Speccy A year after it acquired AVG Technologies By Rob Thubron, July 20, 2017, 6:15 AM 7 comments
Software Industry Avast is acquiring rival security software company AVG in $1.3 billion deal By Rob Thubron, July 7, 2016, 10:45 AM
Mobile Software Adware infected apps on Google Play reached millions of Android devices By Himanshu Arora, February 4, 2015, 8:15 AM 9 comments
Mobile Security Used Android phones give up a lot of information about their previous owners By Shawn Knight, July 9, 2014, 8:30 AM 38 comments
Microsoft Software Microsoft Security Essentials bombs tests, loses AV-Test certificate By Rick Burgess, November 29, 2012, 12:00 PM 77 comments
Microsoft Software Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 released, free anti-virus without the nag By Rick Burgess, April 25, 2012, 4:00 PM 33 comments
Industry Software Avast most widely used antivirus, uTorrent most popular P2P utility By Rick Burgess, March 19, 2012, 3:00 PM 15 comments
Gaming Software Avast accidentally identifies Steam as a trojan By Matthew DeCarlo, February 6, 2012, 5:30 PM 13 comments
Security Software Avast: One in eight malware infections via USB By Mike Fischer, November 4, 2010, 8:19 PM
Security Avast: 1 out of 8 malware attacks come from USB devices By Matthew DeCarlo, November 4, 2010, 8:30 AM 43 comments