Source: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/avast-antivirus-user-browsing-data-sold
https://nypost.com/2020/01/28/popular-antivirus-tracked-users-porn-browsing-habits-report/amp/
Avast was collecting what it’s users are searching up on Google, Google Maps, LinkedIn, etc.
most important! They were collecting data on what type of porn you watch from websites like YouPorn and PornHub.
just great... and selling it to other companies like Microsoft, Google, Pepsi, etc.