According to Palant, he has reported the issue to Google authorities but he added that Google takes action after considerable news coverage. In this regard, Palant said that there is only one link through which one can report such issues to Google and i.e. Where Firefox has shown promptness in removing the snooping extensions, all the 4 extensions still exist on Google Chrome. These will be available as usual on the Mozilla store in the near future.” We have already implemented some of Mozilla’s new requirements and will release further updated versions that are fully compliant and transparent per the new requirements. Avast does this without collecting or storing a user’s identification. It is necessary for this service to collect the URL history to deliver its expected functionality. And as a result, all the 4 extensions are removed from the Firefox browser.Īvast Spokesperson said while speaking to ZDNet that “The Avast Online Security extension is a security tool that protects users online, including from infected websites and phishing attacks. He informed that the browser authority will take the required actions. He has also written another blog post today saying that the same findings he found are true for Avast SafePrice and AVG SafePrice.
To reveal his findings of Avast Online Security and AVG Online Security extensions, Wladimir Palant has posted it on the blogpost on 28 October.
Google Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox both prohibited the practice of collecting personal and private details of the users.
He concluded in his report that both of the extensions were collecting information like the user’s browsing history and data that has nothing to do with their operations. Wladimir has presented his report after analyzing and inspecting Avast Online Security and AVG Online Security extensions in October this year. Mozilla has taken the decision of removing the above-mentioned extensions based on a report by Wladimir Palant, who has created the Ad-block and Ad-block plus extension. Out of them, Avast and AVG online security was developed for notifying malicious and suspicious websites to the users while the other two extensions show details of online shopping, quoting and comparing prices, grabbing best deals and discounts. These extensions which are now forbidden by Firefox are Avast Online Security, AVG Online Security, Avast SafePrice, and AVG SafePrice.s Mozilla Firefox, one of the widely used web browsers, has made a strong decision to take down the four security extensions of Avast and AVG because these extensions were collecting excessive user data and browsing history.
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