Tag: Avast
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Keeping your Android safe this year
Avast Blog – Published Jan. 24, 2018 Safeguard your smartphone by understanding the four most common Android threats. You hold the fate of your digital life in the palm of your hand. Literally. Every day. We’re talking about smartphones and tablets. Read more: Keeping your Android safe this year
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Three easy steps to stay clear of ransomware in 2018
Avast Blog – Published Jan. 22, 2018 Learn these three tips to safeguard against this year’s most harmful cyberthreat. Read more: Three easy steps to stay clear of ransomware in 2018
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Avast Mobile Security for Android gets a perfect score
Avast Blog – Posted on January 4, 2018 AV-Test, the Independent IT-Security Institute, regularly conducts impartial studies on all leading cybersecurity products on the market. The purpose is to keep consumers aware of what’s performing as promised, and what’s not. Read more: Avast Mobile Security for Android gets a perfect score
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Consumers beware: New malware Catelites Bot could be targeting your banking apps
Avast Blog – December 23, 2017 There is a terrible new malware invading Android devices and using dirty tricks to steal users’ online banking info. Avast Threat Labs worked with SfyLabs to uncover and expose this malware, dubbed Catelites Bot. The malware is similar to a Russian outbreak earlier this year, where cybercriminals successfully stole over $900,000. (That malware…
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Give the gift of privacy: Avast SecureLine VPN
Avast Blog – December 22, 2017 We’ve added more countries and more servers, just in time for the holidays. Read more: Give the gift of privacy: Avast SecureLine VPN
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As secure as you can be—or, you can’t outrun a bear
Avast Blog – December 6, 2017 Exploring the tradeoff between convenience and security with consumer products. In September, Apple launched its newest round of iPhones—the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, with the iPhone X shipping in November—in what has become a familiar spectacle. In many ways, each launch is a snapshot of the technological developments that have…
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Home, sweet, home network
Avast Blog – December 1, 2017 Now that everything’s connected to the internet, how secure is your home network? I recently conducted an informal survey among ten of my Mac-user friends. The results revealed a truth both unsurprising and frightening at the same time. I was asking how many had ever taken steps to secure…
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6 tips to keep your Android device safe
Avast Blog – December 1, 2017 Hackers have wormed their way into the Google Play Store, as evidenced by the recent BankBot malware trickery. Simple dummy apps doubled as Trojan horses, and once an unsuspecting user downloaded these flashlight or solitaire apps, they also downloaded and installed the malware onto their device. Then, when they would try to…
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Yes, Macs are susceptible to ransomware, too
Avast Blog – November 28, 2017 Even Apple products need next-gen cybersecurity. By now we’ve demystified the myth that Macs are impervious to harm. The cybercrime world has caught up to the technology, and no computer — PC nor Mac — is safe. Source: Yes, Macs are susceptible to ransomware, too
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Shop with SafePrice and save
Avast Blog – November 14, 2017 It’s the most wonderful time of the year for shopping, and now, for saving. If you’re reading the Avast blog, chances are you’re not the type to sleep off your tryptophan coma camped outside of Walmart the night of Thanksgiving . . . AKA Black Friday Eve. We’re guessing you…