For a list of antivirus companies we do recommend, please see this list of the 10 best antiviruses of 2021. You can read more about the controversy and our decision here. In light of these unethical practices, we can no longer recommend them on our site. UPDATE: When Google and Mozilla removed Avast’s web extension from their stores, a scandal broke out which revealed that Avast (who also owns AVG) had allegedly been spying on their users’ browsing data and selling it to corporations for millions of dollars in profit.
