![]() ![]() This isn’t obvious but Avast Secure Browser has Avast Online Security installed by default. “But even if you didn’t install Avast Online Security yourself, it doesn’t mean that you aren’t affected. The culprit is the Avast Online Security extension that these products urge you to install in your browser for maximum protection.” reads the report published by Palant. “Are you one of the allegedly 400 million users of Avast antivirus products? Then I have bad news for you: you are likely being spied upon. The suspicious behavior was first detailed by the security researcher Wladimir Palant reported who noted that these extensions were sending a large amount of tracking data about a user’s online activity to the URL. These browser extensions are installed when users install Avast or AVG antivirus solutions on their computers on their PCs. The popular extensions were found collecting a lot more data on millions of users, including their browsing history. SafePrice extensions display a small bar on e-commerce sites that alert users to better prices at other sites when shopping for certain products. The four extensions developed by Avast and its subsidiary AVG are:īoth Avast and AVG Online Security extension alert users to phishing, scam, and malicious sites when a user visits malicious sites. “This add-on violates Mozilla’s add-on policy by collecting data without user disclosure or consent,” explained Mozilla.
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