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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask avast-secure-browser
About Avast Secure Browser
Avast Secure Browser is a free web browser from the security company Avast. It blocks ads and trackers by default and adds protections intended to keep browsing activity and personal data private, while presenting a familiar browser interface.
It suits people who use other Avast security products and want privacy protections switched on without installing and configuring separate extensions. It is a proprietary product rather than an open-source browser.
Strengths
- Ad blocking built in
- Anti-tracking protection on by default
- No extensions needed for basic privacy
Limitations
- Proprietary and tied to the Avast product range
- Few technical details published on the product page
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download and use.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Avast
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Avast users who want a browser with ad and tracker blocking preinstalled
- Categories
- Web browsers, Privacy tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Avast Secure Browser
Compare allSoftware that can replace Avast Secure Browser for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
AVG Secure Browser
A free privacy-focused web browser from AVG that blocks ads, trackers and online threats.
AVG Secure Browser is a similar free proprietary browser for Windows, macOS and Android with ad and tracker blocking preset, tied to AVG products instead of Avast.
Norton Private Browser
A free Chromium-based browser from Norton with built-in tracker and phishing protection for Windows and Mac.
Norton Private Browser is a free Chromium browser with tracker and phishing protection for Windows and Mac, but it has no Android version and promotes Norton's paid products.
Brave
A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.
Brave is open source under MPL-2.0 with ad and tracker blocking by default, adds Linux builds and Tor windows, and is not tied to a security vendor's product range.
DuckDuckGo Browser
Privacy browser with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing.
DuckDuckGo Browser is open source under Apache-2.0 with tracker blocking and cookie pop-up handling by default, though its extension support is much narrower.
Epic Privacy Browser
Chromium browser that blocks trackers and routes traffic through an encrypted proxy.
Epic Privacy Browser is a closed source Chromium browser with an always-on private mode, a uBlock-based ad blocker and a built-in encrypted proxy on Windows, macOS and Android.
Helium
An open-source Chromium browser that blocks ads, trackers and cookie banners by default without telemetry.
Helium is an open source GPL-3.0 Chromium browser that blocks ads, trackers and cookie banners without telemetry on Windows, macOS and Linux, but has no Android build.
Google Chrome
Google's browser, the Chromium-based one most web development is tested against.
Google Chrome offers the widest site compatibility and extension library on Windows, macOS and Linux, but has no built-in ad blocking and ties into Google accounts.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows.
Microsoft Edge is a free Chromium browser with vertical tabs and a PDF reader that runs Chrome extensions, but has no built-in ad blocker and pushes Bing.
Avast Secure Browser as an alternative
Listings that name Avast Secure Browser as an alternative.
Aloha Browser
A privacy-focused web browser for mobile and desktop with a built-in free VPN and ad blocker.
Avast Secure Browser is free with ad blocking and anti-tracking on by default on Android, but it has no free VPN and no iOS version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Ulaa
Privacy-focused Chromium browser from Zoho with separate browsing modes.
Opera
Chromium browser with an ad blocker, a free proxy VPN and a messenger sidebar.
Cromite
A hardened Chromium fork for Android, Windows and Linux with ad blocking and Google services removed.
ungoogled-chromium
Plain Chromium with every connection to Google web services stripped out, and nothing else changed.
