The deal is unlikely to hurt competition due to the thriving market for security products
The firms have five working days to submit proposals to address competition concerns
About 1,000 jobs are at risk
Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek claims he made the decision following a review instigated after he joined seven months ago
Avast is embroiled in new claims that it spies on users and sells their web browsing data
AVG owner Avast also just so happens to own a clickstream-data service called Jumpshot but claims that 'privacy is our top priority'...
Google follows Opera and Firefox in removing Avast and AVG security extensions used by up to 400 million users
Avast reveals details of new attempted supply-chain attack just two years after CCleaner compromise
Design error in Retadup's command-and-control server enabled security specialists to remotely remove the malware
Poorly-configured protocols are leaving whole networks open to attackers