The software appears to track users clicks and movements across the web, and collects data on things like searches on Google and Google Maps, as well as visits to specific LinkedIn pages, YouTube vids and porn websites, according to an investigation published Monday by Motherboard and PCMag. Avast says it has more than 400 million users around the globe.Īvast, which makes free antivirus software that's used by millions of people around the world, is reportedly selling 'highly sensitive' web browsing data via a subsidiary company called Jumpshot.
