PRAGUE, Czech Republic, December 9, 2010 - avast! Free Antivirus won another VB100 award for detecting 100 percent of the in-the-wild virus sample, proving that antivirus protection can be free, good – and easy on your weekend “away from the computer” plans. Avast got top marks from its performance, starting with the initial installation. “avast! ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, December 6, 2010 - AVAST Software has always prided itself in how the avast! antivirus program spreads virally, with 80 percent of new users coming through the recommendations of satisfied friends. But the rapid global expansion of one multi-user license for avast! Pro Antivirus surprised even the company’s top management. ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, November 23, 2010 – The growing popularity of online shopping puts consumers at risk for a malware infection during four separate stages of their e-shop experience. This risk is increasing as consumers spend more time and money online. U.S. e-commerce spending for the 2010 holiday season is projected to be between seven and ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, November 18, 2010- Detection takes priority over money for AVAST Virus Lab. During the last twelve months, avast! Virus Lab researchers have covered the steady growth and structure of the Kroxxu bot network, an innovative self-generating network of password-stealing malware. This extensive botnet has around 100 thousand ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, November 15, 2010 - Who hasn’t been embarrassed by unexpected sounds from a computer? Advertisements, music, or even the news that the avast! antivirus database has been updated can be a real surprise. Most of us, however, haven’t had this happen in front of thousands of wrestling fans. It certainly happened to A.J. and ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, November 3, 2010 - AVAST Software, developer of the award-winning avast! antivirus program, is detecting a growing number of malware attacks targeting the AutoRun function in Windows and plug-in USB devices. Researchers found that, of the 700,000 recorded attacks on computers in the avast! Community system during the last ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, October 18, 2010 - AVAST Software has signed a new contract with Mailshell, the leading provider of traffic reputation, anti-spam and anti-phishing engines for OEMs, confirming the continued integration of its email filtering technology into the premium avast! Internet Security Suite. Over 130 million users in more than 240 ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, October 14, 2010 - AVAST Software won another VB100 award for the virus-catching performance of avast! 4.8 Server Edition. Virus Bulletin, a leading independent security publication, recognized avast! 4.8 for its detecting 100 percent of its “In-the-wild” virus set with no false positives. “The infected sets were brushed ...
Monthly “Most Wanted“ list points to gaming websites as consumers now spend more time playing games online than checking their email. Because gaming is popular, it is a more attractive target for cybercriminals. Gamers are particularly vulnerable due to unsafe behavior such as turning off their antivirus protection for greater computer ...
Avast! Free Antivirus speeds past the competition in AV Comparative test PRAGUE, Czech Republic, September 24, 2010 – avast! Free Antivirus again took the pole position in AV Comparative’s test for on-demand detection of malicious software, repeating its top performance from last September. avast! had the fastest scanning speed out of all 20 ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, September 21, 2010 - avast! Free Antivirus was a top performer in the Dennis Technology Labs test sponsored by Symantec, outscoring a number of paid-for applications. Avast! Free Antivirus outscored the paid-for internet security suites from Bit-Defender, McAfee, and Trend-Micro. In addition, avast! topped the below-average ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, September 14, 2010 - AVAST Software gained its 130 millionth user at 7:52:52 (Central European Time) on September 7, when Francisco F. completed his registration for avast! Free Antivirus. “We crossed the 130 million user threshold for three simple reasons: avast! is certifiably effective, our users like how avast! protects ...
Third monthly “America’s Most Wanted“ list points to education-related websites AVAST virus lab tells students to protect their computers when returning to school Upgrading pre-installed antivirus trialware is an unnecessary expense PRAGUE, Czech Republic, September 8, 2010 - As students prepare to return to school across the globe, AVAST ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, August 25, 2010 - Avast! Internet Security was awarded the highest three-star, advanced+ certificate from AV-Comparatives for its performance. AV-Comparatives, an independent testing laboratory based in Austria, tested products from 14 vendors on different performance criteria. The tests simulated user behavior for seven ...
Leading Antivirus Software Developer Positioned for Continued Growth PRAGUE, Czech Republic and LONDON, UK, August 23, 2010 - AVAST Software, developers of the world’s most popular antivirus program, today announced that growth equity investor Summit Partners has invested $100 million for a minority stake in the company. "Summit Partners' ...
Virus Bulletin Test Proves Price Does Not Guarantee Quality PRAGUE, Czech Republic, August 13, 2010 - avast! Free Antivirus scored better than some of the best-known paid products in the latest Virus Bulletin test, proving cost is not an effective measurement of quality. avast! Free Antivirus detected all In-the-Wild viruses – including the newest ...
Blind Community Fine-tunes Avast! Antivirus Software for Screen-reader Capability PRAGUE, Czech Republic, August 12, 2010 - AVAST Software, providers of the avast! antivirus program, has announced that the latest update to its antivirus application makes computer security fully accessible to the vision-impaired. Using basic screen-reader ...
Sports websites top the second monthly “America’s Most Wanted“ list AVAST Virus Lab experts offer tips to stay protected during July (PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, July 27, 2010) – Summer has already been heated up by some sporting events, including the World Cup, NBA Finals, LeBron James’ “Decision” and Major League Baseball. Consumers turn to the web ...
Vuvuzelas and hearing problems are not the only issues that excited football fan can encounter at this year’s Football World Cup in South Africa. One month before the opening match between South Africa and Mexico the bad guys were already busy infecting popular related websites in anticipation of increased traffic. Compared to the same period last ...
HTML:Script-inf infection uses un-patched Microsoft bug to spread Consumer website of Leading Mobile operator infected by malware (PRAGUE, Czech Republic, June 28th, 2010) AVAST Software, developer of the award-winning avast! antivirus, released a report today proving wrong the general "feeling" that it is the 'dodgy' and 'adult‘ sites that are ...
First monthly “America’s Most Wanted“ list points to games and popular culture websites avast! virus lab experts offer tips to stay protected during June (PRAGUE, Czech Republic, June 17, 2010) – This summer, consumers will continue to scour the web to keep up with their interests and news. While surfing the Internet is statistically safer than, ...
avast! won a VB100 award in Virus Bulletin’s test on the new Microsoft 2008 Server R2, detecting all in-the-wild viruses. Test labs at Virus Bulletin, an independent publication focused on computer security, examined avast! Antivirus Server 4.8, the antivirus product for securing businesses networks, “These results show that avast! is more than ...
Readers at CHIP Online, a leading German computer website, put avast! on their “50 Best Free Programs” list. Winning over 27,000 votes and a 97.85 approval rating, avast! Free Antivirus is the highest ranked antivirus product on the list. Overall, CHIP Online readers want programs which are compact, without annoying advertising, and which provide ...
(PRAGUE, June 1, 2010) Ever hear of the Rocket Chemical Company, Software Development Laboratories, or Binney & Smith? Probably, but not by these names. Each of these companies changed their name to reflect the success of their flagship product: WD-40, Oracle software, and Crayola crayons for children. Now it is time for ALWIL Software. With over ...
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 31, 2010) - ALWIL Software, producer of the avast! portfolio of computer security products, has received the Red Herring 100 Award for 2010, joining the ranks of previous winners like Google and eBay. These awards recognize the most innovative companies based on criteria that includes financial performance, technology ...
(PRAGUE, May 28, 2010) Not all free antivirus software is created equal according to c’t, a leading German IT publication. The c’t review of eight free antivirus programs found significant differences in their malware detection and technological capabilities. avast! Free Antivirus had the highest score from the eight for its zero-day heuristic ...
(PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, MAY 21, 2010) ALWIL Software, makers of avast! Antivirus Software, is a finalist for Red Herring's Europe 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising European private technology ventures. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies based on criteria that includes financial ...
GMER version 1.0.15 wins comparative test of 12 anti-rootkit programs by Anti-Malware Test Lab (May 5, 2010, PRAGUE) ALWIL Software, developer of the award-winning avast! Antivirus program, has announced that its built-in GMER technology has earned recognition from Anti-Malware Test Lab, a respected independent security testing organization, as ...
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 23, 2010) The French government is listening, at least when it comes to news of infected government websites. France’s Network and Information Security Agency (ANSSI) gave avast! a call on Friday, April 16 about our report that a government site was among the over 3,200 infected French domains identified in the ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 20, 2010 - avast! Antivirus 5.0 is available in 27 languages, with the latest program update adding seven new languages. The new languages make avast! the world’s most multi-lingual free antivirus program. And, the expanded language option is included in all three versions of the new 5.0 – avast! Free Antivirus, ...
(PRAGUE, April 15, 2010) Researchers at ALWIL Software, providers of the avast! Antivirus program, have released the first set of data from its Community, an opt-in sensor program for the 100 million avast! Antivirus users. Community is the world’s first large-scale sampling of online threats. Sensors in the avast! Antivirus program identify ...
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 9, 2010) avast! antivirus is the fastest moving security software in Russia, taking the number one position at softportal.com and softodrom.ru, two leading download sites in the country. Daily downloads of avast! Free Antivirus at softportal.com topped 6,182 daily, bringing the cumulative downloads to 690,258 by ...
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic, March 24, 2010) avast! is the only free antivirus program to win the highest “Advanced A+” rating in AV-Comparative’s last test of on-demand detection of malicious software. avast! Free Antivirus showed its high performance in malware detection, scanning speed, and the number of false malware identifications to get its ...
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic, March 16) Researchers at ALWIL Software, providers of the avast! antivirus program, have discovered a widespread campaign to infect website advertisements served up on leading online advertising services. The attack infects advertisements served up by a number of online advertisers, helping place malware on the computers ...
