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Avast

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16 articles decelerating

Avast has appeared in 16 articles since 2017-07. Coverage peaked in 2022Q3 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Czech, Jumpshot, London.

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16
mentions
Velocity
-33.3%
growth rate
Acceleration
-0.833
velocity change
Sources
10
publications

Coverage Timeline

2020-01-27
VICE 7 related

Documents reveal that Avast has sold its users' internet browsing data, through a subsidiary called Jumpshot, to clients like Pepsi, Google, and Microsoft

An antivirus program used by hundreds of millions of people around the world is selling highly sensitive web browsing data …

2019-10-22
BleepingComputer 7 related

Hackers breached the internal network of Avast likely aiming for another supply chain attack on CCleaner; Avast says it didn't find malicious changes to the app

again Robert Lemos / Dark Reading : Avast Foils Another CCleaner Attack Alex Scroxton / ComputerWeekly.com : Attacker hit VPN firm Avast through its VPN Seth Rosenblatt / The Parallax : SafeBreach dis...

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Quarterly Coverage

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TEXXR tracks 31 Techmeme articles mentioning Avast, dating back to July 2016. The biggest stories include Hackers hid backdoor in Avast-owned system cleanup tool CCleaner for Windows from August... and Hackers hid backdoor in Avast-owned system cleanup tool CCleaner for Windows from August.... Frequently covered alongside AVG, CMA, Avast Plc, CCleaner, and McAfee.

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