The main Avast antivirus service contained a custom JavaScript interpreter, enabling wormable pre-auth RCEs. Avast has now disabled the emulator in response to a vulnerability report ~comp security Link 13 votes
Avast announces that they are shutting down Jumpshot, their subsidiary that's been collecting and selling user data to marketing clients ~tech privacy Link 11 votes
Jumpshot, a subsidiary of antivirus company Avast, is selling users' web browsing data to many of the world's biggest companies ~tech privacy Article 2376 words 30 votes