Cybersecurity software company Avast faces a $16.5 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission after the agency filed a complaint Wednesday accusing the company of selling consumer data to ...

A subsidiary of AVG Antivirus, Avast is currently one of the most popular antivirus programs available. The company offers free and paid options for customers. Along with antivirus and anti ...

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Avast, the cybersecurity software company, is facing a $16.5 million fine after it was caught storing and selling customer information without their ...

What just happened? Cybersecurity giant Avast has been hit with a $16.5 million fine from the FTC for selling customers' web browsing data to advertisers. The company carried out this practice ...

In 2022, Avast merged with NortonLifeLock, forming a new company called Gen. According to its website, Gen provides antivirus protection for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Pricing ...

It's not surprising at this point to find out that a company you entrusted your data to turned around and sold it without ...

The settlement also imposes strict prohibitions on Avast, preventing the company from misrepresenting its data usage and from selling or licensing browsing data from its products for advertising ...

Now that Tempe-based NortonLifeLock Inc. has finalized its nearly $9 billion acquisition of European cybersecurity giant Avast, the company said Monday that it intends to change its name once the ...