Avast Appoints Shane Ryan of the UK’s The National Lottery Community Fund to lead Avast Foundation
Prague, Czech Republic, February 25, 2021 – Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, today announced the appointment of Shane Ryan as Global Executive Director of the newly established Avast Foundation. The social impact organization was established by Avast in December 2020 and will align closely with the ...
Avast Announces Partnership with PMovil
Prague, Czech Republic, February 24, 2021 – Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, has today announced a strategic partnership with PMovil, an industry leader in direct carrier billing and alternative payments in Latin America. The partnership means that Avast’s subscription-based solutions will be available ...
Unethical Stalkerware Apps Offer Parents Tools to Spy on their Children
Prague, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021 – Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, and member of the Coalition Against Stalkerware, carried out an analysis of the advertising messaging and positioning used by the top nine most used stalkerware apps detected by Avast’s antivirus within its user base. While ...
Avast Awarded “Top-Rated Product” of 2020 by AV-Comparatives
Prague, Czech Republic, February 18, 2021 – Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, today announced that Avast Free Antivirus has been awarded “Top-Rated Product” status for 2020 by AV-Comparatives. Avast was recognized ahead of many paid-for alternatives. AV-Comparatives is an independent test lab known for ...
Sextortion Scams Surging During Pandemic
Prague, Czech Republic, February 17, 2021 – Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, today announced it has blocked over half a million sextortion attack attempts in January. Most of these attacks targeted English-speaking users in the United Kingdom and the United States, but Avast threat labs researchers have ...
Nine Tips to Remind Kids about Online Safety
Prague, Czech Republic, February 9, 2021 – At today’s Safer Internet Day, Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, publishes tips for parents on how to empower their children to stay safe when learning and playing online. “Our children are growing up in a world where the internet is a basic essential of life. ...
Avast Joins Coalition Against Stalkerware
Prague, Czech Republic and Redwood City, California – February 8, 2021 – Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, today announced that it has joined the Coalition Against Stalkerware, a group of cybersecurity vendors, victim services, and academic researchers working to combat tech abuse. Avast has also announced ...
Avast Business partners with Westcoast to grow Channel portfolio in the UK
London, United Kingdom / Prague, Czech Republic, February 3, 2021 – Avast Business announced today a new partnership to distribute its full portfolio of on-premise professional antivirus software through Westcoast, the UK’s leading distributor of IT products and services for the channel market, to Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), ...
6 Simple Tips to Refresh your Online Privacy for Data Protection Day
Prague, Czech Republic, 28 January, 2021: Ahead of International Data Protection Day on Thursday 28 January, Avast, a global leader in digital security and privacy products, is calling on all online users to take back their privacy across their digital lifestyle. The purpose of Data Protection Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data ...