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Avast Cleanup Premium: Time to say goodbye to XP

Avast Cleanup Premium will no longer be updated on Windows XP. Here’s what it means for you.

11 Apr 2019 min read

Web threats affecting SMBs in 2019

Learn more about how web threats are evolving and becoming more intelligent.

10 Apr 2019 min read

Avast PC Trends Reports - Home

Our PC Trends reports cover the most popular PCs, software, and hardware used worldwide, the impact and risks of outdated software, and what the PC landscape will look like in in the future.

9 Apr 2019 min read

Tech support scams: Tips to protect yourself

Learn how to spot, avoid, and protect yourself from the worst tech support scams.

9 Apr 2019 min read

Winter is malware-infected, and more news of the week

Beware Game of Thrones pirated episodes and a new malware called Xwo, Georgia Tech students are exposed in a breach, and AriZona Iced Tea suffers a steep cyberattack.

5 Apr 2019 min read

Fake Nike deal spreading on Facebook

Learn how to spot online scams like the ridiculous $26 Air Jordans.

4 Apr 2019 min read

New Facebook data breach exposes 540M records

Here we go again... Half a billion Facebook records including user names, passwords and likes posted publicly online.

4 Apr 2019 min read

Data breach affects Planet Hollywood, Buca di Beppo customers

2 million credit and debit cards available on the dark web for weeks.

4 Apr 2019 min read

Please, everyone, let’s not call it ‘fake news’ anymore

Digital disinformation campaigns, leveraging behavior profiling and social media, are on the rise — and causing harm.

3 Apr 2019 min read

When big fish get caught with big bait

23.2 million potential attacks target 500 fake IoT-like devices deployed at Mobile World Congress.

1 Apr 2019 min read

Lithuanian scam artist teaches Google and Facebook a 122 million dollar lesson

What can we learn from the man who stole $122 million from Google and Facebook without them even noticing?

29 Mar 2019 min read

Your kids’ info for sale and more news

Children’s personal data is the new holy grail of identity theft, one extreme PewDiePie fan creates strange ransomware, and UC Browser apps have weak security.

29 Mar 2019 min read

What does your ISP know about you?

The FTC ordered seven broadband providers to disclose just what they’re doing with your info.

28 Mar 2019 min read

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Avast Cleanup Premium: Time to say goodbye to XP

Web threats affecting SMBs in 2019

Avast PC Trends Reports - Home

Tech support scams: Tips to protect yourself

Winter is malware-infected, and more news of the week

Fake Nike deal spreading on Facebook

New Facebook data breach exposes 540M records

Data breach affects Planet Hollywood, Buca di Beppo customers

Please, everyone, let’s not call it ‘fake news’ anymore

When big fish get caught with big bait

Lithuanian scam artist teaches Google and Facebook a 122 million dollar lesson

Your kids’ info for sale and more news

What does your ISP know about you?

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