Avast, the cybersecurity software company, is facing a $16.5 million fine after it was caught storing and selling customer information without their consent. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the fine on Thursday and said that it’s banning Avast from selling user data for advertising purposes.

  • lemmyingly@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    At least once every 6 months I come across a top Google result trying to download malicious scripts. The web searches are innocent, eg. “Iso standard metric thread” or “bee keeper hive monitor”, which are both search terms in the past where a top result had malicious scripts.

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          8 months ago

          Nah it’s pretty good. Just a little rough at first as you whitelist the websites you go to. After that they all load quicker since you’re blocking a bunch of tracking and advertising sites.