Is Avast Online Security & Privacy safe?
Clean risk
Avast Online Security & Privacy transmits every visited URL and search result links to Avast servers for malware and phishing classification.
On each tab navigation, the extension POSTs the visited URL to urlite.ff.avast.com with tracking flags set (doNotTrack:false, saveUrlFeed:true). Search result URLs from Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo are also collected in bulk by an injected content script and sent to the same endpoint. Additionally, the extension probes localhost ports 27275, 18821, and 7754 every two minutes to detect installed Avast or AVG desktop software.
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Data recipients
urlite.ff.avast.com