“Do any of us really know how much data we’re giving away?” “This one really struck me,” says Jim Hansen, president and chief operating officer of the cybersecurity company Swimlane. That’s why many people felt betrayed when they learned about Avast’s stance on digital privacy.
The same goes for Avast’s AVG-branded software.
And, according to Consumer Reports testers, it ranks among the best free security software options available to PC and Mac owners. The software is used by more than 400 million people around the world, Avast says.
