A trend that snuck up on users in 2013, and strikes instant recognition among people who have experienced it, are unwanted browser extensions. The numbers AVAST has collected so far are enormous. More than 4.8 million different browser extensions for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome have been identified in just eight months. “On average, there are […]
Last year, on Christmas day, over 17 million new mobile devices went online. Before the ribbons and wrapping paper could be discarded, cybercrooks started their attacks. In the first half of this year, experts said that 79 percent of all mobile malware attacks were on Android systems. When we asked Ondrej Vlček, AVAST’s Chief Technology […]
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by Caroline James, AVAST Software’s U.S. PR manager The top three security trends of 2013 will only strengthen in 2014. Hackers abusing new payment options, browser toolbars spreading extensively, and new privacy issues have defined this year’s trends of security threats and nuisances. Online fraud goes viral on mobile 2013 has been the year of new […]
Год назад, накануне нового года, было зафиксировано более 17 миллионов мобильных устройств подсоединившихся к Интернету. Еще не была снята защитная пленка с экрана подаренного сматрфона, а подарочная упаковка выброшена, как хакеры начали разрабатывать новые варианты мобильных вирусов. В первой половине этого года, по сообщению экспертов по компьютерной безопасности, атаке подверглись 79% мобильных устройств с операционной […]
The latest version of avast! Antivirus, avast! 2014 introduced many new features to our customers, but one feature we hope will please our United Kingdom users the most is the new voice they will hear reporting to them that their computer is safe. The voice they will be hearing will be that of Patricia Rykiel, […]
The latest version of avast! Antivirus, avast! 2014 introduced many new features to our customers, but one feature we hope will please our United Kingdom users the most is the new voice they will hear reporting to them that their computer is safe. The voice they will be hearing will be that of Patricia Rykiel, […]
avast! Mobile Security is the number 1 app you need on your Android phone. Not convinced? If you already have an Android phone in your pocket, or if a new mobile phone or tablet is on your Christmas wish list, read this story shared with us by Jennifer: The number 1 reason Jennifer got […]
For those of you who have seen this name for the first time, AVAR stands for Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (http://www.aavar.org/avar2013/). This year, the 16th AVAR conference was held in a beautiful city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, the state in the southern part of India. This year was particularly successful for Avast. Four researches […]