Here you will find all the articles with the tag: avast.
Avast has sold data of users through an intermediary called Jumpshot. That data should be anonymous and not retraceable to the original user. Research has shown that it was possible to trace the data back to individual users which let to a privacy scandal. Now Avast CEO, Ondrej Vlcek has pulled the... Read more
4 years ago
The French police have taken over and neutralised a large botnet for cryptographic currency mining. The botnet managed nearly a million infected computers. It was the Retadup malware, writes Techcrunch. This malware infects computers and then uses processor power to minimize cryptographic currency. ... Read more
5 years ago
The poor security of consumer Internet or Things (IoT) devices poses a threat to enterprise systems. Such products can connect to the networks of companies. A research team from Stanford University and Avast Software performed antivirus scans on 83 million IoT devices in 16 million households worldw... Read more
5 years ago
Avast security researchers have found fifty rogue apps that passed Google's security checks and ended up in the Google Play Store. The apps have been installed millions of times on Android devices. The apps are related to lifestyle services, writes ZDNet. They pretend to be legitimate software, but... Read more
5 years ago
A recent patch for Windows seems to have caused problems with anti-malware software, writes Ars Technica. In recent days, Microsoft has added more and more antivirus programs to its list of known problems. These include software from Sophos, Avira, ArcaBit, Avast and McAfee. The problems arose after... Read more
5 years ago
The latest security updates for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 prevent some computers from booting up. Users of Sophos and Avast antivirus solutions are at risk. Microsoft pauses the rollout. A new month, new update articles for Windows. The most recent problems affect Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 systems. ... Read more
5 years ago
Avast and Emsisoft provide free decryption software to those affected by the BigBobRoss version of ransomware. This allows you to unlock your files without paying any ransom. Security specialists Avast and Emsisoft put decryption software online to help victims of ransomware. These are two tools, av... Read more
5 years ago
