has determined that an Avast subsidiary known as “Jumpshot” has “been offering access to user traffic from 100 million devices, including PCs and phones”. However, investigative reporting by PCMag, etc. Avast has claimed that the collection of data from any of the browsers that you use is anonymized and aggregated in such a way that your privacy is maintained. Deleting the Avast browser extensions does not resolve this issue since Avast’s “Smart Shield” remains active until Avast has been uninstalled. This happens with every browser on Windows, Android and iOS (not certain about Safari, so to be safe assume it is vulnerable too). Based upon news reports from reliable sources such as PC Magazine, Motherboard and we have learned that Avast’s browser extensions and its Web Shield have been “harvesting user data to supply to marketers”.
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