AVAST Free for Education protects schools while significantly decreasing IT costs for security. The beginning of the 2014/2015 school year is here. Parents and children are ready after a long summer break, but are schools prepared for the start of the new academic year? AVAST surveyed more than 900 school IT professionals who participate in […]
AVAST is celebrating 100 million downloads of avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus for Android. We want to protect your Android phone and tablets, so we’re giving you the chance to win a free license for the most trusted Android security product in the world! How much do you know about your phone’s security? Do you […]
Looking like an idiot on social networks like Facebook and Twitter is not too difficult. Many people have achieved this state of being without much thought at all. So c’mon! With a little effort and commitment you can lose your job, get arrested, or alienate your friends! Here are the top 3 ways you can […]
John Smith works for a small business with ten employees. The company is sending John abroad to meet with potential investors. Being the productive employee that John is, he connects to the public Wi-Fi provided by the airport to do some work. He visits the investors’ websites and sends a few emails to his colleagues. […]
The old ransomware business model is no longer enough for malware authors. New additions have made Reveton into a truly dangerous business. The latest generation of Reveton, the infamous “police” lock screen/ransomware, targets new black market business. The authors upped the ante of the despised malware from a LockScreen-only version to a dangerously powerful password […]
Mobile malware analyst Filip Chytry looks into his crystal ball and predicts where cybercrooks are headed next. The majority of mobile malware AVAST has in its database comes from unofficial app stores. As we wrote about in The Fine Line between Malicious and Innocent Apps, infiltrating official app markets like Google Play is rather difficult. […]
Lately, you may have noticed that when you try to send messages through Facebook’s mobile app on your phone and tablet, you are prompted to download the standalone Facebook Messenger app. It’s a cool app which allows you to message your Facebook friends, send picture and video messages, and call any of your Facebook friends […]
Lately, you may have noticed that when you try to send messages through Facebook’s mobile app on your phone and tablet, you are prompted to download the standalone Facebook Messenger app. It’s a cool app which allows you to message your Facebook friends, send picture and video messages, and call any of your Facebook friends […]
Malware has increased on mobile devices 900% since 2011. As dramatic as that number is, as we explained in part 1 of this post, your Android device is unlikely to become infected with malicious malware. Nowadays, cybercrooks use more subtle and insidious techniques to steal money and personal data from you. We explained about PUPs […]
Would you like a sneak-peek into our new version of avast! Mobile Security before the official product release? The opportunity is here. We are looking for advanced Android users to participate in the avast! Mobile Security Beta test. This Beta test will run until August 31, so you have plenty of time to test everything. Your valuable feedback […]