avast! Internet Security detects and blocks 100% of the world’s most malicious Zeus Trojan strains. The Zeus Trojan is the most prevalent type of financial malware. Zeus infects a user’s computer and lies in wait until the user logs on to a banking website. Once that occurs, it attempts to steal the user’s bank account […]
It lies next to you as you sleep, comes with you to work, rides home with you in your car and even travels with you on vacation. Your smartphone goes with you everywhere. Although convenient, the unprecedented connectivity we are experiencing culturally with mobile devices can create an equally daunting issue when it comes to Read more…
We would like to assume that passwords saved in our web browser are stored in a secured virtual lock box, helping us to surf the web with increased speed and easily log into our favorite sites without sacrificing safety. Unfortunately, this might not be the case on Google Chrome, as it was recently brought to Read more…
There are lots of Android security apps to choose from, but avast! Free Mobile Security has got the goods compared to many paid-for solutions, and it’s FREE. Independent German testing lab AV-Test evaluated 30 mobile security products for Android and awarded AVAST with its coveted certification for the product’s excellent protection against malicious apps (99.8%) […]
New York City Department of Education could save as much as $2.5million this coming school year, just by using AVAST antivirus software. That’s a MASSIVE saving, money which could be better spent on upgrading IT hardware, or introducing new technology such as tablet computers to the classroom. In total, we are already protecting some 72,000 […]
You can’t carry it in your wallet, or store it in a piggy bank, but Bitcoin is just as much a form of money as any physical bill or coin, so says the U.S. government. Just this week, a federal judge in Texas issued a ruling that declared Bitcoin—a digital currency with previously little legal Read more…
InfoStealer is a Trojan that collects sensitive information about the user from an affected computer system and forwards it to a predetermined location. This information, whether it be financial information, log in credentials, passwords, or a combination of all of them, can then be sold on the black market. AVAST detects this infostealer as MSIL:Agent-AKP. In […]
On July 30, we established the avast! Mobile Beta Testers Google+ community for advanced users to help us test the new BETA version of our Android protection. It was the first time we used a social network to make our product available for testing. The goal was to look for potential bugs and errors and report […]
Dear Tom Torlakson (and the California Department of Education), I’d like to personally congratulate you: CALIFORNIA is now the number 1 state benefiting the most from our AVAST Free for Education program! (surpassing Illinois) Over 160 Californian schools, school districts, libraries and universities – the most from any one State – use our […]
Question of the week: I need my smartphone for work-related stuff, but I also have all my personal pictures and music on it. Tell me the truth – are viruses really being made for phones? Do I need to worry about it? Your question comes just as several companies have released mid-year studies confirming that […]