Meet Avast Scam-mas: a festive animated series turning real holiday scams into quick, catchy stories starring Deceivus, our mischievous scammer-in-chief. With fake shopping-site attacks doubling and over 1.26 billion dangerous ads blocked last season, scammers are busier than ever.

Scam-mas makes staying safe simple, fun, and shareable for families everywhere. Watch it on Avast’s YouTube channel and outsmart the season’s sneakiest scams.

Uncover how people are trying to protect their older loved ones online – and the risky behaviors our parents and grandparents make that expose them to scams and cyberthreats – in the 2025 Avast Safe Tech Report: Protecting Older Loved Ones.