(CNN) — Cybersecurity software company Avast faces a $16.5 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission after the agency filed a complaint Wednesday accusing the company of selling consumer data to ...

Antivirus software firm Avast Software will purchase AVG Technologies, a competitor, the companies announced on Thursday. Subject to regulatory and shareholder approval, the combined company created ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the company from selling the users' web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. The complaint says ...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic and LONDON, March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Avast (LSE: AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy, today announced the appointment of Trudy Cooke to the role of ...

Antivirus software giant Avast has scrapped a subsidiary that was exposed in a bombshell report for harvesting and selling millions of users’ private web browsing histories. The British company on ...