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[Sarcasm Alert] New (In)dependent tester awards CIA-graded certification

Tips on how to best test security solutions for the newest tester on the block, the CIA.

23 June 2017 min read

How AI outsmarts cybercriminals

Far from sci-fi depictions, artificial intelligence – through machine learning algorithms and big data – is key to defusing today's evolving cyberthreats.

15 June 2017 min read

Tips & Advice

Avast releases free decryption tool for EncrypTile ransomware

Avast now offers ransomware victims 20 free decryption tools to help them get their files back.

14 June 2017 min read

Tips & Advice

A gamer takes on Avast Game Mode: Does it really work?

PC gamers don’t want online threats, but also don’t want slowdowns or distractions. I gave Avast 2017 a test-drive to see if Game Mode delivers.

13 June 2017 min read

Threat Research

Fighting the new wave of cybercrime

Defeating today’s – and tomorrow's – cybercriminals requires man and machine to collaborate, intelligently. This is the heart of next-gen cybersecurity.

8 June 2017 min read

Mobile Security

WannaCry WannaBe targeting Android smartphones

Cybercriminals are using a copycat version of WannaCry ransomware to target Android users in China.

7 June 2017 min read

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Business Security

Patching could have minimized WannaCry impact, now worst ransomware outbreak in history

WannaCry ransomware, expected to cost up to $4 billion, could have been drastically curtailed with automated patching.

5 June 2017 min read

Avast News

Avast blocked WannaCry ransomware more than 1 million times in 150 countries worldwide

Avast’s zero-day protection defended more than a million potential WannaCry victims. But on any given day, we block 100 times that many attacks, of all kinds.

3 June 2017 min read

Tips & Advice

Avast releases free decryption tool for XData ransomware

Avast releases a new ransomware decryption tool for XData ransomware.

31 May 2017 min read

Tips & Advice

Avast releases free decryptor tool for AES_NI ransomware

Avast releases new ransomware decryption tool for the AES_NI ransomware.

29 May 2017 min read

Tips & Advice

Avast releases free decryptor tool for BTCWare ransomware

Avast releases a new ransomware decryptor tool for the BTC ransomware.

24 May 2017 min read

Tips & Advice

Top 5 ways to speed up your Windows 10 computer

Don’t settle for sluggish starts and slow programs just because your computer isn’t brand-new. These 5 tips will keep your Windows PC running like it’s day one.

23 May 2017 min read

The Parallax articles

Critical systems at heart of WannaCry’s impact

19 May 2017

How to attack security issues like Google and Microsoft just did

17 May 2017

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[Sarcasm Alert] New (In)dependent tester awards CIA-graded certification

How AI outsmarts cybercriminals

Avast releases free decryption tool for EncrypTile ransomware

A gamer takes on Avast Game Mode: Does it really work?

Fighting the new wave of cybercrime

WannaCry WannaBe targeting Android smartphones

Patching could have minimized WannaCry impact, now worst ransomware outbreak in history

Avast blocked WannaCry ransomware more than 1 million times in 150 countries worldwide

Avast releases free decryption tool for XData ransomware

Avast releases free decryptor tool for AES_NI ransomware

Avast releases free decryptor tool for BTCWare ransomware

Top 5 ways to speed up your Windows 10 computer

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Avast releases free decryption tool for EncrypTile ransomware

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