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A 15-year-old flaw in every version of Windows right from XP to Windows 10 allows a malicious attacker to take control of a system through the anti-virus software running on the system.

A number of personal security products from numerous vendors are listed in the Vault 7 CIA document dump released by WikiLeaks on Tuesday US time, indicating that it may have cracks for all of them.

Are you a sharer, contributor, online nudist, social savvy butterfly or digitally enlightened? A new report reveals a deep disconnect with security and privacy.

Security vendor AVG has launched a new app – Smart Photo Cleaner for Android  – which automatically identifies and removes duplicate, poor quality photos to improve smartphone and other device performance.

AVG’s latest ‘Android App Performance & Trends Report’ has found a surge in dating apps usage and outlines the Top 10 resource-draining apps.

AVG advises you should ‘avoid the offers that are too good to be true and only shop at secure, trusted retail sites.’

Artificial Intelligence, new encryption alternatives, malvertising, passwords and IoT devices dominate the evolution of online safety - and make up AVG’s online safety predictions. 

Security vendor AVG Technologies has made its AVG Zen application platform available to its Australian and New Zealand customers.

AVG has renamed its consumer security suite for PCs and mobile devices (Windows, Android, iOS and Mac OSX devices) to AVG Protection and AVG Performance.

AVG has just achieved 100% detection and these test results are now public. Its 2016 Business Edition is based on this new AVG engine.

AVG has made good with a promise it made earlier this year and released a privacy policy which it says gives users of its security services basic information of what data it collects and how it’s used.

AVG’s latest Digital Diaries Study shows tweens are digitally doctoring their images before sharing online, leading to potentially damaging consequences for young girls and boys.

Security firm AVG has established a global Centre of Excellence for mobile in the Israel capital of Tel Aviv.

AVG has sealed a global deal to provide pre-installed security protection for ZTE’s range of smartphones and tablets.

AVG has released new versions of AVG PC TuneUp, AVG Cleaner for Android and AVG Cleaner for Mac. The first of those is a paid product, but two out of three ain't bad.

AVG’s new Digital diary study shows that shows Baby Boomers – far from being geriatric luddites - are pretty tech savvy using email, Skype and texting to keep in touch.

AVG Technologies has come a long way from its modest beginnings in the Czech Republic.

AVG Technologies has warned that Vawtrak gains access to bank accounts visited by the victim and uses the infamous Pony module for stealing a wide range of login credentials.

Despite Google Play and Apple’s iTunes trying to guard mobile users from malicious apps the process is still flawed according to antivirus expert AVG.

Internet security firm AVG has surveyed 608 Australians over 50 in a larger global study and found many feel ‘talked down to’ when needing help from tech companies.