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What is Avast Antivirus?
Avast, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, is a cybersecurity software company that researches and develops security software. The company was founded by Pavel Baudis and Eduard Kucera in 1988 and filed for IPO in 2018. The company currently has 435 million active users and is the second-largest anti-malware software vendor globally. The company is mostly known for its tools including Avast Antivirus, Avast Secure Browser, and Avast SecureLine VPN.
Recent Avast Antivirus News
A new Linux rootkit, Syslogk spotted in the wild
Security researchers pinpoint a new Linux Kernel rootkit, Syslogk, which is capable of using magic packets to activate backdoors and ...
Ukraine websites are hacked to publish fake surrender declaration
While it looks like the war between Ukraine and Russia transitioned into a complete physical conflict, there are still hacking ...
Chaes trojan attacks may steal your Chrome credentials
The complicated trojan that aims to gather the credentials on Google Chrome, is currently being used by the threat actors. ...
Mongolian certification authority’s client backdoored
Avast announced that they have discovered a backdoored client installer on the official website of a major certification authority, MonPass. ...
Third party browser extensions infected Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo and others
Threat Intelligence researchers from Avast have identified malware hidden in at least 28 third party Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge ...
AV-Comparatives tested 15 advanced threat protection IT security products
AV-Comparatives has released the results of its 2020 Enterprise Advanced Threat Protection Test. All the tested products had to defend ...