These four extensions are Avast Online Security, AVG Online Security, Avast SafePrice, and AVG SafePrice.
While these extensions certainly appear helpful, they were caught snooping on users browsing habits in October this year.
The data collected here goes far beyond merely exposing the sites that you visit and your search history.
Palant concluded that the collecting of data was not an oversight.
On October 28, Palant publisheda blog postdetailing these findings.
An Avast spokespersontold ZDNetthat they are working with Mozilla to handle the issue.
It is necessary for this service to collect the URL history to deliver its expected functionality.
Avast does this without collecting or storing a users identification.
These will be available as usual on the Mozilla store in the near future.
Users trying to visit the pages are now greeted with an Oops!
We cant find that page with details about what may have happened to the extension.
But, he believes that Google will remove these extensions after considerable news coverage.
source: www.techworm.net
