Antivirus software firm Avast Software will purchase AVG Technologies, a competitor, the companies announced on Thursday. Subject to regulatory and shareholder approval, the combined company created ...

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Two months after antivirus company Avast Software s.r.o. announced that it would be acquiring its rival, AVG Technologies N.V., for $1.3 billion, the deal is done. According to Avast, while the buyout ...

Avast has announced that it is purchasing rival antivirus company AVG in a deal which is worth $1.3 billion. The company will pay $1.3 billion in cash to take over AVG. The two companies combined will ...

(CNN) — Cybersecurity software company Avast faces a $16.5 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission after the agency filed a complaint Wednesday accusing the company of selling consumer data to ...

Antivirus software giant Avast has scrapped a subsidiary that was exposed in a bombshell report for harvesting and selling millions of users’ private web browsing histories. The British company on ...

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Antivirus program Avast, which is used by hundreds of millions of people, collected and sold users' most secretive browsing data to some of the world's largest companies until 2019. Once Avast was ...

Czech cybersecurity firm Avast Software s.r.o., the owner of popular antivirus software provider AVG Technologies N.V., has been hacked, but the company managed to fight off the attack. Those behind ...

Avast has made a huge business out of selling antivirus protection for computers and mobile devices, but more recently it was revealed that the Czech-based cybersecurity specialist was also ...

Czech cybersecurity company Avast confirmed that its antivirus SDK has been flagging a Google Android app as malware on Huawei, Vivo, and Honor smartphones since Saturday. On affected devices, users ...

(NEXSTAR) – Millions of American consumers who bought antivirus software from Avast may be eligible to receive a portion of a $16.5 million settlement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced ...