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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Millions of Americans who purchased antivirus software from Avast may be eligible for compensation due to a $16.5 million settlement by the company with the Federal Trade Commission, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Avast’s origins date back to the late 1980s, when its founders lived and worked in Czechoslovakia when it was part of the Soviet Bloc. The company grew its antivirus software and other offerings ...