We have never compromised on the security or privacy of personal data. Avast has also ensured the changes in their following statement to Borncity as they acknowledged the restoration of their extensions. Now, Borncity has confirmed that the extensions are now back on Mozilla’s listings. They even assured implementing Mozilla’s requirements in updated versions. Upon removal from Mozilla’s add-ons listings, Avast elaborated that they would be working with Mozilla to resolve this matter. Avast, AVG Extensions Restored On Mozilla Listing
In addition, Opera also took similar action against these extensions. This was clearly a violation of the privacy policy of Mozilla.įollowing his report, Mozilla removed two Avast and two AVG browser extensions from its add-ons store. He specifically found the two extensions profiling users’ browsing habits, including the collection of unnecessary or unrelated information. This action came in response to the findings of Wladimir Palant, creator of the Adblock Plus extension. Why Mozilla Removed The Add-Ons – Quick RecapĮarlier this month, Mozilla revoked the inclusion of Avast and AVG browser extensions due to security concerns.
Since then, Mozilla has now restored both Avast, AVG extensions following their changes. The action was the response to the add-ons’ practice of gatherings user data unnecessarily. Continuing with their policies to ensure user privacy, Mozilla removed the Avast and AVG browser extensions from their listings.
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