Mozilla has removed four extensions from Avast and AVG from the Firefox addon site over concerns that they were tracking a user's activity as they are browsed the web. When Avast and AVG antivirus is ...

Security vendor Avast has identified malware hidden in at least 25 third-party Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions. These extensions are associated with big-name sites including Instagram and ...

Browser extensions developed by Avast and also launched under the AVG brand are now once again available for download from the official Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox add-on stores after the ...

Avast has been harvesting user data, according to Wladimir Palant, creator of the Adblock Plus extension, prompting Mozilla and Opera to remove all four extensions from their add-on sites. When the ...

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 ...

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 ...

No Avast extensions in the Chrome Web Store (Bogdan Popa/Softpedia) Google has removed Avast and AVG extensions for Google Chrome from the Chrome Web Store following the user data concerns that made ...

More than three million internet users are believed to have installed 15 Chrome, and 13 Edge extensions that contain malicious code, security firm Avast said today. The 28 extensions contained code ...

Mozilla has allowed the AVG and Avast Online Security extensions back into their addons site after the extensions reduced the amount of tracking data being sent to Avast's and AVG's servers. The AVG ...

If you currently use the Avast Online Security, AVG Online Security, Avast SafePrice, or AVG SafePrice extensions in your browser of choice, stop. Avast has been found to be harvesting user data, ...

Google has followed Firefox and Opera and removed AVG and Avast extensions from its Chrome browser web store over claims that the security products' extensions exfiltrate an excessive level of user ...