Avira

1 PUBLIC SECURITY EVENT ON FILE · 2026-04-14 — 2026-04-14

Publicly-known security events concerning Avira — CVEs, advisories, and incidents drawn from open-source reporting. Every item links to its original source.

What Avira sells

EDR is agent-based endpoint tooling that monitors process/file/network activity, detects malicious behavior, and enables response. It is detection-led by design: it observes and acts after code executes. Its efficacy depends on recognizing a threat, so novel/zero-day techniques are a window of exposure until detected.

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The Public Record

Recent security events

On file: 1 incident.

2026-04-14

incident

JDownloader Supply-Chain Attack Deploys r77 Rootkit and WDAC Policy to Disable AntivirusJDownloader Supply-Chain Attack with r77 Rootkit and WDAC Policy

Attackers compromised the official JDownloader website and replaced download links with trojanized installers. The malicious installer deploys a Python bot, an r77 rootkit, and a WDAC policy that blocks 50 security executables from running, effectively killing antivirus protection. The attack uses dead-drop resolvers for resilient C2 communication.

↗ www.gendigital.com (2026-04-14)

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