- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 23rd, 2013
Over 1 Million Computers Protected Through AVAST Free for Education Program
CEO hopes to cover one third of US school computers by the end of the year
- Software Blog
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 4th, 2013
Security Firm Recommends Users to Dump IE for Google Chrome
IE8 and older versions are affected by a new security flaw
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 23rd, 2012
Avast Offers Premium Product for Free to US Schools and Libraries
The company relies on the reciprocity principle to increase user base and revenue
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- November 7th, 2012
Avast Users Rate Windows 8 as the Safest Windows Ever
“This is probably the safest Windows ever released,” said 46 percent of the users
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 6th, 2012
Avast Users: Obama Will Win the Election, but They’re Voting for Romney
The survey was conducted on 100,000 Avast users, out of 11 million
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 6th, 2012
avast! Free Antivirus Compatible with Windows 8, Available in Store
First free security product to receive such certification
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 18th, 2012
SMS-Sending Bug Found in avast! Mobile Security, Company Rushes to Address Issue
Many users are concerned about the messages "secretly" sent out by the application
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 22nd, 2012
avast! 7.0.1466 Product Suite Released
Fixes improve overall stability and performance of the suite
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 29th, 2012
Avast 7.0.1451 Adds SiteCorrect Feature and Emergency Updater
Extends WebRep support to Opera, sports compatibility updates for Windows 8
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 12th, 2012
New Beta for avast! 7 Introduces Typosquatting Protection
Improves components, adds Opera support in WebRep
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- April 24th, 2012
Macs Running avast! Antivirus Didn’t Catch the Flashback Flu
Flashback Trojan doesn’t affect systems running Avast’s free antivirus app
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 17th, 2012
Germany Adopts “Button Law” to Combat Subscription Traps
The law introduces the “order with an obligation to pay” button
- Windows software reviews
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 23rd, 2012
avast! Free Antivirus 7 Stable
Cloud-based features, improved detection and protection
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 16th, 2012
AVAST Drops Main Support Service
Users rely on support options provided on Avast website
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 8th, 2012
Avast Identifies Subscription Traps as Malicious (Updated)
Website operators rely on the "fine print" to serve unwanted applications
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 2nd, 2012
Download avast! 7 R2 (Second Release)
Fixes UI crashes and abundant activity of File System Shield
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 24th, 2012
Avast 7 Stable Available for Download
Cloud-based updates streaming and file reputation system