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brew install --cask avast-secure-browserlocal Homebrew cask metadata
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Install avast-secure-browser with Homebrew Cask
Web browser focusing on privacy. Version 139.0.6697.68 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Web browser focusing on privacy
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Commands and aliases
No executable aliases were found in the local package database.
history
Project history and usage
Avast Secure Browser is a proprietary cross-platform web browser with integrated security and privacy features. Avast supplies separate desktop and mobile builds and maintains the browser through automatic updates.
Project history
Avast Secure Browser developed as Avast's security- and privacy-oriented web browser, combining ordinary web browsing with vendor-integrated protection and privacy controls. Avast continues to ship platform-specific desktop and mobile builds and publishes installation, update, and troubleshooting material through its support site.
Adoption history
Avast distributes Secure Browser on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. On the desktop it follows the familiar Chromium-style browser model while promoting a consolidated Security & Privacy Center and optional paid PRO functionality.
How it is used
Users browse the web with built-in privacy and security controls, manage those controls through the browser's Security & Privacy Center, and optionally activate Avast Secure Browser PRO.
The desktop browser updates automatically, while users can manually check through Help and About Avast Secure Browser. Avast does not document a supported user-editable configuration file or credentials file in the reviewed official guides.
Why package nerds care
For package-manager users, Avast Secure Browser is an example of a proprietary Chromium-family browser maintained through vendor-controlled installers and an automatic updater. The Homebrew cask offers Mac users a reproducible installation entry point even though upstream development is not conducted in a public project repository.
Timeline
- 2020: Apple began its processor transition; Avast subsequently offered separate Intel and Apple-silicon Mac installers.
- 2025: Avast documented automatic and manual update workflows for the desktop browser.
- 2026: Avast's installation documentation lists Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS editions.
Related projects
- Avast Secure Browser PRO is the subscription-enhanced edition documented alongside the free browser.
- Avast Online Security & Privacy is an extension that can also run inside Avast Secure Browser.
- Homebrew Cask supplies the avast-secure-browser package-manager entry represented by this record.
Sources
- Official installation guide: https://support.avast.com/article/296/
- Official product page: https://www.avast.com/secure-browser
- Official system requirements: https://support.avast.com/en-us/article/system-requirements/
- Official update guide: https://support.avast.com/en-us/article/updating-avast-secure-browser
- source_facts.package-manager.brew-cask: "avast-secure-browser"
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for avast-secure-browser. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-10-22
manager version139.0.6697.68
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.avast.com/secure-browser#mac
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.avast.com/secure-browser#macnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:avast-secure-browser |
|---|---|
| Version | 139.0.6697.68 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/avast-secure-browser |
| Homepage | https://www.avast.com/secure-browser#mac |
| Upstream docs | https://www.avast.com/secure-browser#mac |
| Source archive | https://cdn-update.avast.securebrowser.com/browser/mac/arm/139.0.6697.68/AvastSecureBrowser.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 3533e22bc61ea90fd88014b210eef158cefad8631acdcda7930844d97b096763 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | avast-secure-browser |
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| Artifacts | |
| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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