You have probably read about how Avast recovered images of semi naked women and obscene selfies from a couple of old cell phones they bought online.
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The reality dawned on folks that hard resetting your smartphone doesn’t make your embarrassing drunk photos vanish away.
Fortunately, there is the Avast! Anti-Theft App Avast, a free Android App that will guide you through permanently Deleting and overwriting data next time you wish to sell off your smartphone.
Step #1
Install the Avast! Anti-Theft App from the Play Store
Step #2
Follow the prompts and complete the setup.
Step #3
Link your device to your Avast account, if you lack one, you can create one for free.
Step # 4
With that done, log in to your My Avast Account > My Device > Choose Device > Choose Command > Wipe
The command is automatically sent to your Smartphone, and all the Data will be permanently deleted and Junk Data rewritten to prevent recovery.
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