Re: Is Your Antivirus Software Spying on You?

Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]: 

> It goes without saying that reliable antivirus software plays a
> crucial role in IT security. As malware continues to become more
> sophisticated and prolific (more than 350,000 malware samples are
> released every single day), home users and business owners alike need
> to have protection in place to stop these modern digital threats.
> 
> However, antivirus products are not immune to privacy problems. While
> the antivirus industry is ostensibly on the side of good, many
> antivirus products behave in a way that infringes on users’ privacy.
> Whether they intercept web traffic, sell browser history data, or
> allow backdoor access to government agencies, many antivirus products
> are guilty of jeopardizing the very thing they are designed to
> protect: your data.
> 
> Here are five ways antivirus software may interfere with your privacy.
> 
> https://restoreprivacy.com/antivirus-privacy/
> 

The latest offerings from the so-called "good" av programs are seriously
lacking. They cannot deal with the ransomware trojan threat and are just
buggy as hell. That's why they're offering "free" trials so you can act 
as the debugger without them having to pay you.