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I doubt anyone here uses it but its another one to blacklist all the same
15 years ago avast was the only good one.
Replaced it with Eset not long after that because even back then it was going downhill fast. Then I ditched Eset about a decade ago because Windows Defender had finally reached a point where it was pretty much as good as anything else.
At this point I suspect sticking with Windows Defender (if you have to use Windows) may be the most sensible way to reduce your attack surface. At least it’s just one company you know is already spying on you. Who knows which other antivirus companies these days are spying for profit.
Or GTFO windoze entirely.
Sad this isn’t an onion headline
“Data about the websites a person visits isn’t just another corporate asset open to unfettered commercial exploitation,” Fair writes.
Fair.
Disclosure: Condé Nast, Ars Technica’s parent company, received data from Jumpshot before its closure.
Nice.
Unfucking believable, also the grift continues “Avast has been acquired by Gen Digital, a firm that contains Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, CCLeaner, and ReputationDefender, among other security businesses.”
Heres a video on the situation
