“Are you one of the allegedly 400 million users of Avast antivirus products? Then I have bad news for you: you are likely being spied upon. The suspicious behavior was first detailed by the security researcher Wladimir Palant reported who noted that these extensions were sending a large amount of tracking data about a user’s online activity to the URL. These browser extensions are installed when users install Avast or AVG antivirus solutions on their computers on their PCs. The popular extensions were found collecting a lot more data on millions of users, including their browsing history. SafePrice extensions display a small bar on e-commerce sites that alert users to better prices at other sites when shopping for certain products.

The four extensions developed by Avast and its subsidiary AVG are:īoth Avast and AVG Online Security extension alert users to phishing, scam, and malicious sites when a user visits malicious sites.

“This add-on violates Mozilla’s add-on policy by collecting data without user disclosure or consent,” explained Mozilla.

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