AVG Antivirus Breaks Google’s Chrome Security

If you’re using AVG Web TuneUp extension on Chrome, perhaps now is a good time to remove it. A bug report filed by a Google employee last month shows that the extension is disabling  security for over 9 million Chrome users. This plugin is one of the most popular browser-based solution for internet security but the report shows it does the exact opposite of what it’s supposed to do.

The bug report available on Google security research website says: