Hackernews posts about Avast

Avast is a leading cybersecurity company that provides antivirus and internet security software to protect computers and mobile devices from malware and other online threats.

1. Show HN: All Your Tools in One Place (www.calculatinghub.com)
   2 points by toutoulliou 22 days ago | 1 comments
2. How bot detection misfires on non-mainstream browsers and privacy tools (blog.castle.io)
   7 points by avastel 22 days ago | 1 comments
3. From Puppeteer stealth to Nodriver: How anti-detect frameworks evolved over time (blog.castle.io)
   6 points by avastel 28 days ago | discuss
4. Bought sneaker proxies by mistake, did science with them anyway (blog.castle.io)
   4 points by avastel 7 days ago | discuss
5. Detecting Gmail-based fake accounts: what Emailnator teaches us (blog.castle.io)
   2 points by avastel about 3 hours ago | discuss
6. AI avatars in China just proved they are better influencers (www.cnbc.com)
   4 points by miles 20 days ago | discuss
7. Apple Acquires Digital Avatar Company TrueMeeting to Bolster Vision Pro Personas (www.roadtovr.com)
   3 points by LorenDB about 23 hours ago | discuss
8. Career Counseling with Anastasia Gamick [video] (www.youtube.com)
   3 points by surprisetalk 12 days ago | discuss
9. AI avatars in China just proved they are ace influencers (www.cnbc.com)
   3 points by bookofjoe 18 days ago | discuss
10. Show HN: Chatavatars.ai – Collaborative AI Avatars for Teams (chatavatars.ai)
    1 points by zham-dev 6 days ago | discuss
11. Low-Rank Head Avatar Personalization with Registers (starc52.github.io)
    1 points by Summerbud 14 days ago | discuss
12. Show HN: Mochia, a virtual pet browser game, built with Rust, SolidJS, Postgres (mochia.net)
    23 points by lemphi 6 days ago | 9 comments
13. Show HN: WaveGen – turn blog articles into text overlay videos, not slops (wavegen.ai)
    3 points by lululi1989 26 days ago | 1 comments
14. Show HN: Practice and Improve Your Conversational Skills with AI (conversly.space)
    2 points by Kehvinbehvin 12 days ago | discuss
15. Show HN: OpenClone – A human cloning deepfake project with infrastructure (github.com)
    2 points by seanmchugh1 24 days ago | discuss
16. Show HN: I made a picturebook app for my nephew where he is in the pictures (www.onceupona.ai)
    1 points by richkuo 21 days ago | 3 comments
17. Show HN: Built an AI tool that turns your face and text into shareable posters (www.newhero.ai)
    1 points by timzhangyuxuan about 22 hours ago | discuss
18. The most useful LLM-based product I've used this year isn't for coding
    1 points by Elseal 7 days ago | discuss
19. Show HN: I built a enterprise level SaaS kit (www.launchkitaws.com)
    1 points by UpbeatFix 8 days ago | discuss
20. He Has Months Left. His Son Hopes an A.I. Version of Him Can Live On (www.nytimes.com)
    3 points by surbas 24 days ago | 3 comments
21. A podcast about how the software industry got this way [audio] (shows.acast.com)
    1 points by mooreds 15 days ago | discuss
22. Show HN: A self-hosting compiler from WHILE to WebAssembly (github.com)
    6 points by avatarluca 11 days ago | discuss
23. Haven-1 Space Station Design by Vast (www.vastspace.com)
    2 points by Neuronaut 20 days ago | discuss
24. Ask HN: What do you think about app native vs. portable look-and-feel?
    9 points by ttd 19 days ago | 12 comments
25. Show HN: USB Connection Info – Mac Menu Bar App to Avoid Cable Confusion (apps.apple.com)
    4 points by tTarnMhrkm 12 days ago | discuss
26. What Kaczynski had to say about AI in 1975
    3 points by Aerbil313 3 days ago | 1 comments
27. Show HN: Claude Auto-Commit – AI-powered Git commit message generation (github.com)
    3 points by 0xkaz 26 days ago | discuss
28. AI Healthspan Prediction: Leading the Future with Avio Health's Agentic AI
    3 points by emmanol 27 days ago | discuss
29. Show HN: Created a script to run commands in an isolated VM for AI tool calling (github.com)
    2 points by bigattichouse 8 days ago | discuss
30. Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG (www.safetydetectives.com)
    215 points by downrightmike almost 2 years ago | 114 comments
31. Avast fined $16.5M for 'privacy' software that sold users' browsing data (www.theverge.com)
    115 points by ZeidJ over 1 year ago | 21 comments
32. Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps (arstechnica.com)
    53 points by AdmiralAsshat over 1 year ago | 14 comments
33. FTC says Avast promised privacy, but pirated consumers' data for treasure (www.ftc.gov)
    47 points by nickthegreek over 1 year ago | 8 comments
34. How insecure is Avast Secure Browser? (palant.info)
    15 points by mtlynch 12 months ago | discuss
35. A Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World (www.nytimes.com)
    11 points by mooreds almost 2 years ago | 3 comments
36. FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users data to advertisers (techcrunch.com)
    10 points by arkadiyt over 1 year ago | 3 comments
37. Avast Releases Free Decryptor for Mallox Ransomware (www.securityweek.com)
    7 points by LinuxBender 9 months ago | 3 comments
38. Ask HN: Avast injected their signature into my email. How did they do it?
    6 points by pablogancharov about 1 year ago | 4 comments
39. FTC Order Will Ban Avast from Selling Browsing Data, Require $16.5M (www.ftc.gov)
    6 points by ChrisArchitect over 1 year ago | 2 comments
40. FTC fines cybersecurity company Avast $16.5M for tracking and selling user data (www.cnn.com)
    6 points by moose_man over 1 year ago | 2 comments
41. FTC to ban Avast from selling browsing data for advertising purposes (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
    6 points by croes over 1 year ago | 2 comments
42. Avast antivirus software customers are getting a refund. Here's why (www.cbsnews.com)
    4 points by howard941 4 months ago | discuss
43. How insecure is Avast Secure Browser? (palant.info)
    4 points by supermatou 12 months ago | discuss
44. FTC Bans Antivirus Provider Avast from Selling Users' Browsing Data (uk.pcmag.com)
    4 points by m-axiom over 1 year ago | discuss
45. A vast molecular cloud, long invisible, is discovered near our solar system (phys.org)
    3 points by pseudolus 2 months ago | discuss
46. FTC to ban Avast from selling browsing data for advertising purposes (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
    3 points by ziddoap over 1 year ago | discuss
47. A Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World (www.nytimes.com)
    2 points by TheLocehiliosan almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
48. A Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World (www.nytimes.com)
    2 points by prmph almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
49. What Is a VAST Tag? (blog.adreform.com)
    2 points by mooreds 8 months ago | discuss
50. U.S. FTC is fining ($16.5M) Avast (antivirus vendor) (twitter.com)
    2 points by Wasserpuncher over 1 year ago | discuss
51. FTC Order Will Ban Avast from Selling Browsing Data (www.ftc.gov)
    2 points by DyslexicAtheist over 1 year ago | discuss
52. FTC proposes order banning Avast from selling browsing data for ads (www.reuters.com)
    2 points by redbell over 1 year ago | discuss
53. Avast confirms it tagged Google app as malware on Android phones (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
    2 points by gnabgib over 1 year ago | discuss
54. Avast antivirus owner Gen Digital acquires MoneyLion in $1B deal (www.reuters.com)
    1 points by JumpCrisscross 7 months ago | discuss
55. Avast gave DoNex ransomware decryptors to victims before crims vanished (www.theregister.com)
    1 points by rntn about 1 year ago | discuss
56. How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World (www.nytimes.com)
    1 points by quick_brown_fox almost 2 years ago | discuss
57. Automakers Will Open a Vast EV Charging Network Together in 2024 (www.caranddriver.com)
    1 points by t23 almost 2 years ago | discuss
58. A Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World (www.nytimes.com)
    1 points by Brajeshwar almost 2 years ago | discuss
59. Launch HN: Twenty.com (YC S23) – Open-source CRM
    415 points by iFelix almost 2 years ago | 311 comments