AV-Comparatives Top Rated Product Of 2020 | Avast
We’re proud to announce that Avast Free Antivirus has been awarded “Top-Rated Product” status for 2020 by AV-Comparatives. Avast was recognized ahead of many paid-for alternatives.
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Sextortion Email Scams | Avast
Sextortion is an emerging online scam that takes advantage of people’s fear that their most intimate moments will be exposed to the public. They usually come in the form of emails, which are not only dangerous and unsettling but can have serious real-w…
Sextortion Email Scams | Avast
Sextortion is an emerging online scam that takes advantage of people’s fear that their most intimate moments will be exposed to the public. They usually come in the form of emails, which are not only dangerous and unsettling but can have serious real-w…
The Free Speech Triangle | Avast
As someone who has survived two very different dictatorships, hearing Americans and Europeans debate free speech always feels a little quaint. They argue about subtleties of law and meaning that are irrelevant to the half of the world’s population stil…
What MyHeritage DNA Knows About You | Avast
I’m kind of a genealogy nerd. I don’t mean like a hardcore genealogy person — I’ve probably spent a total of an hour on Ancestry.com in my entire life — but I’ve spent a higher-than-average amount of time looking into my family background. I like heari…
FDA Medical Device Cybersecurity | Avast
Even if you don’t live in the US, you probably have heard about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US federal agency responsible for regulating what we eat and what medicines we use. The FDA has been in the news during the pandemic, issuing em…
Avast Hacker Archives Episode 3 – Chris Roberts | Avast
Several years ago, Chris Roberts was waiting for a train in Chicago. Bored, he found himself staring at one of the station’s LED display screens. Twenty minutes later, he had that screen programmed so that it pulsed the lyrics of “God Save the Queen” i…
Clubhouse Security and Privacy | Avast
Seemingly overnight, a new social network — Clubhouse — is popping up everywhere. On January 31, Elon Musk tweeted that he would be on Clubhouse. On February 10, The New York Times reported that Facebook is already looking to build a Clubhouse compet…
File Taxes Safely And Securely | Avast
The time of the year that we know and love has rolled around again — it’s tax season. In addition to the headaches that come along with filing one’s taxes, there are a number of security risks that some taxpayers might not be aware of.
Internet Research In Online Dating | Avast
There’s an old joke that “On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” It’s originally from a 1993 cartoon in The New Yorker and while the internet looks a lot different from how it looked back then, it’s just as relevant in 2021: With a couple of tric…