Users just cannot download the three extensions from the Chrome web store store any more.Īvast for its part has previously acknowledged the issue and worked with Mozilla to resolve the problem.
It should be noted that whilst these Avast and AVG extensions have been removed from the web store, the extensions themselves will installed in browsers for the time being. Only AVG Online Security extensions remains listed,” Palant noted in an update. “Google unexpectedly removed three of the extensions from Chrome Web Store. Google actionĪnd now in an update to that document about Mozilla’s actions, Palant confirm that Google has now also taken action. “The extension attempts to collect as much context data as possible, and it does so on purpose.”Īvast purchased its rival AVG back in 2016 for $1.3bn. “Avast Online Security collecting personal data of their users is not an oversight and not necessary for the extension functionality either,” Palant wrote in early December. The add-ons also reportedly document how the user got to that page, along with a per-user identifier and details about the operating system and browser version used, plus other metadata.Īll that data is then transmitted back to Avast’s back-end servers He also alleged the extensions when installed in a browser, track the URL and title of every webpage the user visits. Palant has previously alleged that while the extensions prevent malware infections and phishing safeguards, the Avast and AVG extensions are also spying on the web surfing habits of users. Only AVG Online Security is still available on the store.
Opera has also done the same.Īnd now it seems that Avast SafePrice, Avast Online Security, and AVG SafePrice have been removed from the Chrome Web Store. The action was reported by Wladimir Palant, who is responsible for the AdBlock Plus extension for Firefox.Įarlier this month Palant had documented how the Mozilla Foundation had taken the decision to remove Avast and AVG extensions out of it Firefox store, over data privacy concerns. Google has followed similar action by the Mozilla Foundation after it removed three add-ons from the Chrome Web Store that belonged to Avast and AVG.
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