Avast subsidiary Jumpshot sells every click on antivirus users' PCs

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Avast is embroiled in new claims that it spies on users and sells their web browsing data

Avast is selling users' web-browsing clicks, with the data acquired directly via the company's Avast and AVG antivirus software brands. The claims come just a month after Google, Firefox and Ope...

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