What information your Anti Virus might be sending.

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Your antivirus software is watching you. A recent study shows that popular antivirus applications like Avast assign your computer a unique identifier and send a list of all web addresses you visit to the manufacturer. If the antivirus finds a suspicious document, it will send the document to the antivirus company. Yes, your antivirus company might have a list of web pages you’ve visited along with your sensitive personal documents!

Link to PDF report:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/avc_datasending_2014_en.pdf

Link to article:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/antivirus-tracking-youd-surprised-sends/

PrzemoF

So, there is no such thing as a free lunch.. eh.. antivirus?

Jimmyie

yeah, of course. that's what you should watch out for.

but sure, here's another thing. if the agents want info on you, they will get it.BUT in my personal opinion you can 100% block them and use pretty much something like a shield that reflects back on them.

industrialhorse

Would there be any real alternatives to Avast beyond TOR-approved AV software that definitely doesn't capture and send your personal and sensitive info back to it's analysts?

Rucking_Fetard

industrialhorse wrote: »

Would there be any real alternatives to Avast beyond TOR-approved AV software that definitely doesn't capture and send your personal and sensitive info back to it's analysts?

http://www.clamwin.com/

Only one I can think of.