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Czech security software firm Avast Software has patched a severe vulnerability in its SafeZone web browser that if exploited could have granted hackers sweeping access to compromised computers.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the company from selling the users' web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. The complaint says ...

We always recommend keeping your extension list light, because you never know when something might try to siphon data from your browser—especially more data than it should be able to access. That’s ...

Once upon a time, you couldn't go living a normal Internet-connected life without an anti-virus software of some kind. While the threat and effects of malware haven't really gone down, the quality of ...

Avast’s suite has some premium features and is generally easy to use, but it fell short in the crucial area of protection. Avast is a company perhaps best known for its free antivirus software. But ...

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 ...

Update 9:40am ET: Developer Daniel Kladnik writes Ars that he’s “getting a ton of congrats emails from all around the world … Online you can only find the hate speech, angry people are usually the ...

In recent weeks, Adblock Plus creator Wladimir Palant detailed how four browser extensions from Avast and AVG “upload detailed browsing profiles of their users.” Google this evening removed three of ...