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Avast Antivirus Harvested Users' Data and Sold it Google, Microsoft, IBM and Others

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In The Name OF Allah
Al-Salam Alekum

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Well, I told you never to use this kind of AV Angry , Especially Avast! Heavy on Memory and Weak.... Over that they are selling your Data..

Quote:Avast, a popular maker of free anti-virus software being employed by almost 435 million mobiles, Windows and Mac harvested its users' sensitive data via browser plugins and sold it to third parties such as Microsoft, Google, Pepsi, IBM, Home Depot, and many others, according to the findings of an investigation jointly carried out by PCMag and Motherboard.


As per the sources, the investigation basically relied on leaked data; documents used to further the investigation belonged to Jumpshot which is a subsidiary of Avast. The data was extracted by the Avast anti-virus software itself and then repackaged by Jumpshot into various products which were sold to big companies as the report specified, "Potential clients include Google, Yelp, Microsoft, McKinsey, Pepsi, Sephora, Home Depot, Conde Nast, Intuit, and many others."


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