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Avast to close Jumpshot data-analytics firm following claims it sold anti-virus users' web-browsing data
Avast to close Jumpshot data-analytics firm following claims it sold anti-virus users' web-browsing data

Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek claims he made the decision following a review instigated after he joined seven months ago

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Avast subsidiary Jumpshot sells every click on antivirus users' PCs
Avast subsidiary Jumpshot sells every click on antivirus users' PCs

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Mozilla re-admits Avast and AVG extensions removed from store for excessive data exfiltration
Mozilla re-admits Avast and AVG extensions removed from store for excessive data exfiltration

AVG owner Avast also just so happens to own a clickstream-data service called Jumpshot but claims that 'privacy is our top priority'...

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  • 23 December 2019
Google removes Avast and AVG extensions from Chrome web store over 'unnecessary' data collection
Google removes Avast and AVG extensions from Chrome web store over 'unnecessary' data collection

Google follows Opera and Firefox in removing Avast and AVG security extensions used by up to 400 million users

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AVG puts Chrome users at risk with security-compromising browser extension, says Google

Requests permissions that mitigate attacks, reports Google employee

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'Let's be really clear - we're not selling your personal data' says AVG
'Let's be really clear - we're not selling your personal data' says AVG

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Is AVG planning to sell user data to advertisers following privacy policy change?
Is AVG planning to sell user data to advertisers following privacy policy change?

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GCHQ and NSA target anti-virus software - but not British or American companies
GCHQ and NSA target anti-virus software - but not British or American companies

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AVG to buy MDM provider Location Labs in $220m deal
AVG to buy MDM provider Location Labs in $220m deal

Location Labs backed by $26m in venture funding from BT, Intel and Qualcomm

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Internet of things will lead to 'malware on your personal life', warns AVG's CTO
Internet of things will lead to 'malware on your personal life', warns AVG's CTO

Large enterprises' BYOD policies could have negative consequences, says Yuval Ben-Itzhak

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AVG: Children use malware to steal personal data from games
AVG: Children use malware to steal personal data from games

AVG report says kids capable of writing code and stealing online gamers information

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2013 will see more Stuxnet and Flame-like malware attacks, says AVG CTO
2013 will see more Stuxnet and Flame-like malware attacks, says AVG CTO

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H4cked Off: Just when you thought it was safe...
H4cked Off: Just when you thought it was safe...

The biggest mass SQL injection attack ever has just happened. Worryingly, most security companies have missed it...

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AVG Internet Security Business Edition 2011

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