Published on: 2025-07-17 04:38:30
ZDNET Past owners of Avast antivirus software could score some cash courtesy of a hefty financial settlement between the company and the FTC. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it's now emailing notices to qualifying customers on how to get their slice of the $16.5 million that Avast has been ordered to pay out. Also: The best antivirus software for Windows The settlement stems from an FTC order issued a year ago that penalized Avast for selling the web browsing data of it
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