#Avast

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bebouillon<a href="https://shelter.moe/@Fangh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Fangh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@infomaniak_network" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@infomaniak_network</a> Bonjour, c'est un excellent choix. j'ai moi-même effectué la même chose. Maintenant je suis à la recherche de produit antivirus non Américain. cela va être difficile je pense car <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a> et <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/Avira" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avira</a> ont étés racheté par Gen Digital Inc.

Hambone FakenamingtonHah.. wow.. only just noticed that Norton is now Avast.. both are now owned by "gendigital". Seems like it happened in 2022! The reason I discover now is someones Norton AV on their windows machine is coming up with Avast messages :D<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Norton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Norton</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GenDigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenDigital</a>

Ricardo MartínDear Avast Antivirus, Please don't hesitate to reach out next time if you need any advice figuring out what to do with these brilliant pranks. Rest assured that the time I *invested* today investigating this issue and calming some of your ex-clients has made my day.Remember, non-techie Windows users really appreciate this sense of humor in antivirus programs 🤦‍♂️ <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antivirus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#avast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/prank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prank</a>

Jason844<a href="https://mastodon.social/@violenteastcoastcity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@violenteastcoastcity</a> FYI - I switched from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a> Browser in the last couple of weeks.My main issues with Firefox are: Memory hog (1 to 2 GB!) Declining privacy policies...I have no info/experience with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vivaldi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrowserWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrowserWars</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMakeUseOf: A Popular Antivirus App Was Caught Selling Your Data: Here’s How to Apply for a Refund. “Almost 3.7 million people are now eligible to collect some cash from Avast, a popular antivirus software company that stole and sold customer data for years. Here’s what you need to know if you bought any Avast products in the last decade.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/a-popular-antivirus-app-was-caught-selling-your-data-heres-how-to-apply-for-a-refund-makeuseof/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/a-popular-antivirus-app-was-caught-selling-your-data-heres-how-to-apply-for-a-refund-makeuseof/</a>

James House-Lantto (He/Him)<a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/claim-avast-settlement-money?utm_medium=RSS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lifehacker.com/tech/claim-avast-settlement-money?utm_medium=RSS</a>Last year, Avast reached a $16.5 million settlement with the FTC, which includes compensation for users who bought Avast software between August 2014 and January 2020. The FTC found that the company collected information on religious beliefs, health concerns, political leanings, financial status, and location without user consent and sold it through a subsidiary (also without consent). Now, customers can start to claim refunds from the settlement.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a>

Erik van StratenAvast antivirus blijkt Anydesk appBankhelpdeskfraudeurs (die telefoonnummers van banken kunnen spoofen) vertellen vaak aan slachtoffers dat er geld van hun rekening wordt gestolen, en dat zij snel im actie moeten komen om de schade te beperken.Dit leidt bij veel mensen tot paniek waardoor zij niet helder meer kunnen denken. Een ala hulpvaardig overkomend iemand aan de telefoon is dan zeer welkom; zo iemand wordt al snel vertrouwd, vooral als de beller allerlei informatie over het slachtoffer heeft dat alleen de bank zou kunnen weten.De beller zegt dat er gestolen wordt omdat er een computervirus op de PC of smartphone van het slachtoffer staat. Om nieuwe diefstal te voorkómen is haast geboden en moet een virusscanner van een door de beller opgegeven website worden gedownload en geïnstalleerd. Eén van de vele URLs die criminelen daarvoor opgeven luidt: https:⧸⧸avastpdq·comDie website wordt momenteel (met nog veel meer andere nepwebsites) gehost op een server in Rusland - met het IP-adres dat te zien is in de volgende URL: <a href="https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ip-address/193.143.1.14/relations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ip-address/193.143.1.14/relations</a> (VirusTotal is een dochter van Google waarmee je bestanden en websites door ca. 94 verschillende virusscanners kunt laten analyseren). Scanresultaten van genoemde *website* ziet u in <a href="https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/avastpdq.com/details" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/avastpdq.com/details</a>.Toen ik die criminele website zojuist (met Chrome op mijn Android smartphone) opende, kon ik kiezen voor het downloaden van "Avast antivirus" voor Android of voor iOS (als ik voor die laatste kies, wordt mijn browser doorgestuurd naar <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anydesk/id1176131273" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anydesk/id1176131273</a>).Ik heb de *Android* versie van "Avast antivirus" gedownload: die app blijkt "anydesk.apk" te heten (zie onderstaande screenshots).Nb. het gaat om een *echte* (ongewijzigde) versie van Anydesk.Maar weinig Nederlanders weten dat Anydesk geen virusscanner is, maar een RAT (Remote Access Tool)En een slimme. Want, voor anderen met een internetaansluiting is het meestal onmogelijk om een netwerkverbinding met uw PC of smartphone te maken; uw modem (en mogelijk ook nog een firewall) blokkeert namelijk inkomende verbindingen (de andere kant op, van uw PC of smartphone naar een server op internet, kan matuurlijk wel).RAT's als AnyDesk en Teamviewer werken daar omheen: zowel de app die door u gestart wordt, als de app van een cybercrimineel, maken verbinding met een centrale server - waardoor de cybercrimineel uw PC, smartphone of tablet via die server kan "overnemen". Die cybercrimineel ziet dan *uw* scherm. En wat die hufter invoert, gaat naar uw device.Ik heb het niet getest, maar als een slachtoffer de app start, toont deze vermoedelijk een getal o.i.d. dat het slachtoffer via de telefoon aan de oplichter moet doorgeven - die daarmee de verbinding met uw device tot stand kan brengen - en bijv. uw app voor internetbankieren starten (wellicht kan dat zonder dat u dat ziet).Druk in onderstaande plaatjes op "Alt" voor meer info.Aanvulling 01:02: zie ook <a href="https://www.security.nl/posting/875910" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.security.nl/posting/875910</a> (en de posting bovenaan die pagina, naast de vele comments).<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Phishing</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Spoofing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spoofing</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AitM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AitM</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BankHelpdeskFraude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BankHelpdeskFraude</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oplichting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oplichting</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NepWebsites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NepWebsites</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OnlineOplichting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlineOplichting</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antivirus</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Anydesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anydesk</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RAT</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TeamViewer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeamViewer</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DVCerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DVCerts</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NiemandDoetErIetsTegen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NiemandDoetErIetsTegen</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybercrime</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberCriminelen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberCriminelen</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Rusland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rusland</a>

The foolDites les mastonautes un peu avisés question <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antivirus</a>, on est d'accord que devant la présence <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#avast</a> sur un <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a> sous <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows</a>, le premier réflexe c'est bien toujours de désinstaller ? Je parle d'un PC utilisé par quelqu'un qui ne fréquente pas les forums douteux et ne fait pas de téléchargement underground non plus. Merci !

Activersity"The FTC ... charged that Avast deceived users by claiming that the software would protect consumers’ privacy by blocking third party tracking, but it failed to adequately inform consumers that it would sell their detailed, re-identifiable browsing data."<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/06/ftc-finalizes-order-avast-banning-it-selling-or-licensing-web-browsing-data-advertising-requiring-it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/06/ftc-finalizes-order-avast-banning-it-selling-or-licensing-web-browsing-data-advertising-requiring-it</a>Tech bros promised to protect us from baddies, but they were the baddies. Huh.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FTC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a>

PickrThe rise of viruses led to antivirus, and the rise of malware to internet security. The next extra app and service you get to look forward to could come from identity theft. <a href="https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2025/identity-protection-set-to-become-yet-another-app-you-might-need" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2025/identity-protection-set-to-become-yet-another-app-you-might-need</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#avast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/identification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#identification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internetsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internetsecurity</a>

Yellow FlagI just replied to a blog comment, and I thought that I post my reply here as well:I think that I have good reasons to be “against Avast,” having published seven articles on them so far. The security issues alone are bad enough. But Avast abused their position to collect and sell users’ browsing profiles. After they were caught they claimed the data to be anonymized, they claimed to only sell aggregated data – and they continue lying to this day, despite there being conclusive evidence to the contrary. While the company has been bought, it’s still the same people in charge. This sort of undermines any trust in them for anything related to security.As the security of antivirus software goes, I’m not very fond of any as the articles in the “antivirus” category of my blog show. With Kaspersky it wasn’t only the security issues but also how they handled them, pushing out half-hearted fixes only for these to be circumvented shortly afterwards. McAfee and BullGuard had massive security issues stemming from being careless about security and not following best practices.I’ve found a critical security issue in Bitdefender’s solution as well, but with them I at least had the impression that they were trying. Unfortunately, that’s currently the bar in the antivirus industry – at least trying to make their product secure.Security-wise, one good thing about Windows Defender is that it only needs to do one job. It doesn’t need all the extra functionality as a selling argument. It doesn’t need to be a banking browser, it doesn’t need to be a phishing protection, it only needs to be an antivirus solution. It can keep a very small attack surface compared to all those antivirus suites, and so it does (yes, I checked).<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antivirus</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#avast</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/McAfee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McAfee</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BullGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BullGuard</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Bitdefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bitdefender</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WindowsDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsDefender</a>

Custard! 🍮:fedora:Pues, hoy sí reviví una netbook, con <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/Debian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debian</a>, tenía <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/Windows" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> 7 y el <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/spyware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spyware</a> <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/Avast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a> Quedó bien, y así, ahora, toca explicar por qué desgraciadamente esa netbook ya no es usable en pleno 2024...

cr0n0s:~🐧📡⌨️ 🛠️ #Hackers abuse <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a> anti-rootkit driver to disable defensesA new malicious campaign is using a legitimate but old and vulnerable Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to evade detection and take control of the target system by disabling security components.The malware that drops the driver is a variant of an AV Killer of no particular family. It comes with a hardcoded list of 142 names for security processes from various vendors.<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-avast-anti-rootkit-driver-to-disable-defenses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-avast-anti-rootkit-driver-to-disable-defenses/</a>

Anonymous 🐈️🐾☕🍵🏴🇵🇸 :af:A new malicious campaign is using a legitimate but old and vulnerable <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avast</a> Anti-Rootkit driver to evade detection and take control of the target system by disabling security components. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CyberAttacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberAttacks</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberSecurity</a> <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-avast-anti-rootkit-driver-to-disable-defenses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-avast-anti-rootkit-driver-to-disable-defenses/</a>

LSDMAvast écope d’une lourde amende, l’antivirus a vendu vos données de navigation.Mal anonymisées, ces informations ont mis en danger la vie privée des internautes.<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Avast</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#antivirus</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FTC</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Jumpshot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Jumpshot</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#smartphone</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PC</a> <a href="https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4921" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4921</a>

LSDMATTENTION, on cherche à vous pirater. Campagne d’hameçonnage pour tous les utilisateurs de PC, Tablettes et autres objets sensibles.13h30 L'attaque se poursuit avec Trojan et Avast !<a href="https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4646" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4646</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Virus</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Avira" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Avira</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Avast</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Trojan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Trojan</a>

LSDMDésinstallez vite ces extensions Chrome, elles sont dangereuses<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Chrome</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Autoskip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Autoskip</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Soundboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Soundboost</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/CrystalAdBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CrystalAdBlock</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/BriskVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BriskVPN</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Avast</a> <a href="https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4086" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4086</a>

LSDMWindows : ces 6 <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#antivirus</a> ont été détournés pour supprimer vos fichiers <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SentinelOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SentinelOne</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Avast</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AVG</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/TrendMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TrendMicro</a> <a href="https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3458" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3458</a>

jcfrog ✊ 🎸 🤘 ☮️ :anar: 🖥️ce matin on a fait un atelier "nettoyage de PC" pour nos adhérents qui ont souvent des vieilles machines sous W, quelle terrible souffrance... :) 1h30 rien que pour virer <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Avast</a>

maow :verified:j'adore cette tonalité subtilement comminatoire<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/avast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#avast</a>

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