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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Antivirus company Avast have discovered a weakness in the cryptographic scheme of the DoNex ransomware family and released a decryptor so victims can recover their files for free. The company says ...

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 ...