In the end, the developer found that AVAST intentionally collected the user’s private information. As for the specific purpose of collecting this data, it is certainly not just a security analysis. AVAST uses the collected data to accurately analyze which websites users visit, how often they visit, content on the website, and even accurately identify users. Obviously, as a protection extension, it is not necessary to pass back all the addresses browsed by the user, so the developer questioned that the extension collected far more data than needed. Wladimir Palant, creator of AdBlock Plus have analyzed these extensions as early as last year, and the analysis shows that AVAST directly collects back user browsing data. “Oops! We can’t find that page” error message when a user tries to open one of the store URLs with an Avast or AVG extension. Mozilla appears to have removed these extensions from its store.

Even with these extensions, the store does not currently return Avast Online Security or SafePrice or AVG Online Security or SafePrice. It is reported that when searching for Avast or AVG on the official website of Mozilla Add-ons, no results are returned.

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