Originally Posted by
artee
A few years ago Avast was found to be selling user's browsing histories. I believe they've stopped since then:
Avast is collecting its users' browsing histories and selling the data to third parties, according to a joint investigation by
PCMag and
Motherboard. This is just the latest example of free antivirus software harvesting data. After all, that free antivirus has to make money somehow.
Update: On January 30, 2020, Avast
announced it will shut down to its Jumpshot subsidiary, which sold its users' browser histories to marketers.
My Avast is most certainly
NOT free !! Bloody expensive, actually, but does seem to pick up on the occasonal 'nasty'.
