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A vulnerability in Avast's anti-tracking solution could allow malicious actors to perform man-in-the-middle attacks on HTTPS traffic, a security researcher has discovered. The security flaw, which impacts both Avast and AVG AntiTrack, as they share underlying code, resides in the manner in which the software filters HTTPS traffic.
You'd think HTTPS certificate checking would be a cinch for a computer security toolkit - but no so for Avast's AntiTrack privacy tool. The flaws affect both the Avast and AVG versions of AntiTrack, and punters are advised to update their software as a fix for both tools has been released.
Facing intense criticism, anti-virus software maker Avast on Thursday said it will shut down Jumpshot, its data collecting side business. The Avast subsidiary has been funneling to marketers detailed internet browsing activity from the firm's security products and browser extensions.
Avast will pull the plug on Jumpshot, its controversial data analytics business, after it was revealed the company was harvesting its users' data. The Brit antivirus firm ran into trouble last month when a security researcher, Wladimir Palant, found that the company's Firefox browser extensions were collecting customers' browsing data, including URLs of sites they had visited, and per-device unique IDs, and selling it, apparently deanonymised, to customers such as Revlon, Tripadvisor and Intel.
Add-ons accused of slurping every URL netizens visit The Firefox extensions built by Avast have been pulled from the open-source browser's online add-on store over privacy fears.…
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...
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Avast Says CCleaner Versions Are Malware-FreeAvast's CCleaner utility is popular - with attackers. For the second time in two years, the company says it believes CCleaner was the intended targeted...
Vulnerabilities in Avast Antivirus, AVG Antivirus, and Avira Antivirus could allow an attacker to load a malicious DLL file in an effort to bypass defenses and escalate privileges, SafeBreach Labs...
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...