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<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nAvast\u00a0has updated its browser to give users greater control over their online privacy. According to the company, its renamed Avast Secure Browser (formerly SafeZone) is designed to plug the security gaps that result from users’ misplaced protection expectations. Features such as Stealth Mode, HTTPS Encryption, anti-tracking and anti-fingerprinting have been designed to account for the 69 percent of UK consumers who believe standard private-browsing modes will anonymize their identity, and the 81 percent who believe their browser would alert them to web-based threats, such as malicious cryptomining and extensions.<\/p>\n
Based on the Chromium open source platform, the browser also includes Bank Mode, an extension guard,\u00a0anti-phishing\u00a0features, a password manager and Flash Protect, designed to free-up computer resources and preserve battery life. In short, Avast claims it’s a ‘one-stop’ product for online security, and in comparison to its competition — Chrome, Firefox and\u00a0Edge\u00a0— its features certainly seem comprehensive. Especially since there’s very little work involved for the end-user — everything’s on by default, and the software will tell you if something’s amiss. Plus, using a sample of 1,000 popular websites, Avast claims it bumps up average browsing speeds by 30 percent.<\/p>\n
However, Avast doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to product security. It owns CCleaner, which was\u00a0last year\u00a0hit by a fairly substantial malware issue (although it did become apparent this fault was conceived\u00a0before<\/em>\u00a0Avast purchased CCleaner developer Piriform), while a couple of years ago Avast’s Avastium browser (also developed through Chromium) was\u00a0found\u00a0to be at risk from security attacks. Nonetheless, Avast Secure Browser does address many people’s lack of understanding when it comes to protecting themselves, so it could make for an important redemption offering.<\/p>\n Baron Software still recommends Symantec Norton Anti-Virus for protecting your machines.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Avast claims its secure browser is 30 percent faster than yours Avast\u00a0has updated its browser to give users greater control over their online privacy. According to the company, its renamed Avast Secure Browser (formerly SafeZone) is designed to plug the security gaps that result from users’ misplaced protection expectations. Features such as Stealth Mode, HTTPS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-items"],"yoast_head":"\n