12 angry minions

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avast! GrimeFighter is one of the most popular new products among AVAST users. However, many of you still don’t know the benefits of it or what avast! GrimeFighter does. Therefore we have prepared a series of articles with a “movie theme” to show you the functionality of our Grime-fighting minions! The first one, Learn everything […]

FNATIC talks to Avast about DDoS attacks targeting E-Sports

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At the beginning of 2014, gaming platforms such as League of Legends and other video-game servers were brought down by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks cost professional gamers thousands in advertising revenue. E-Sports journalist ‘Dendra’ Davor Miljkovic, spoke to Jiri Sejtko, the Director of the AVAST Virus Lab, about how to handle DDoS attacks. […]

Falešné pohledávky od Vaší banky [reloaded]

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V České republice právě opět probíhá emailová kampaň, jejímž cílem je podvodný zisk finančních prostředků. Mnoho našich uživatelů dostalo emailovou zprávu, která vypadá zhruba takto: Jedná se o novou variantu kampaně, o které jsme Vás informovali před 2 měsíci (Pozor na falešné pohledávky od Vaší banky). Zpráva opět obsahuje spustitelný soubor v příloze zabalený v […]

Samsung Galaxy S5 and other popular phones vulnerable to “TowelRoot” Android exploit

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avast! Mobile Security protects from an Android flaw which leaves nearly all new smartphones and tablets vulnerable to attack. Last week, a wave of articles about a newly discovered Android security flaw flooded the Internet. They sounded a warning, similar to this: “A flaw in the Android operating system may leave many Android phones and […]