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Free Avast and AVG software flogs your data
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Wednesday, 29 January 2020 10:55

Free Avast and AVG software flogs your data


If you are daft enough to opt-in to data collection

Avast and its subsidiary AVG are harvesting data collected from free antivirus programme if you opt into data collection.

Avast buys AVG
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Friday, 08 July 2016 11:29

Avast buys AVG


Writes a $1.3 billion cheque

Avast has acquired rival AVG Technologies for $1.3 billion as it appears the security market is headed for a period of contraction.

Eugene Kaspersky threatened to "rub out rival"
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He will sleep with the fishes

The language of the anti-virus industry has always been a little colourful, but Eugene Kaspersky went a little over the top with his godfather impersonation.

Friday, 07 November 2014 11:15

AVG might face sell off

Buyers snuffling around