![]() The same is true for AVG (which is part of AVAST). Palant discovered that the Avast extension sent data to the manufacturer's server, which provided Avast with browser history information. ![]() Responsible for that is the Avast Online Security Extension, which recommends AVAST and AVG products to users for installation in the browser to ensure maximum protection. He had documented in October 2018 that AVAST antivirus products were spying on users. ![]() Brinkmann and heise suspect that it might have to do with an article by Wladimir Palant. Since the extensions did not end up on a black list through Mozilla, the question arises as to the background. Mozilla has removed these extensions from its store. Whoever knows the direct links of the addons and calls them will get an error message "Oops! We can't find this page". Neither Avast Online Security nor SafePrice nor AVG Online Security or SafePrice are currently offered as extensions in the shop. ![]() Martin Brinkmann reported that when searching the official Mozilla Add-ons website for Avast or AVG, no results were found. Mozilla removes all Avast Firefox extensions #mozilla #firefox #avast /pUoG84bkof I have already been informed about the topic by Ralf within this German comment (thanks for that) – but had already read it in the following tweet by Martin Brinkmann (ghacks).
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