Summit Partners has made a $100 million minority investment in Avast Software, a Czech Republic-based developer of anti-virus software. AVAST Software, developers of the world’s most popular antivirus ...

The rise in malware and online security threats continues to give a big boost to companies that are looking for ways to make the connected world a bit safer. Avast, one of the bigger PC and mobile ...

Security software giant Avast Software has acquired rival AVG Technologies. Avast will pay $25 cash for each of AVG’s outstanding ordinary shares in a deal amounting to around $1.3 billion. Founded ...

Avast, a leading cybersecurity software company, finds itself in hot water as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) levies a hefty fine of $16.5 million against it. This action comes after Avast was ...

MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - The owners of Avast Software have hired Rothschild to prepare the business for a share sale which could value one of the world's most used providers of computer antivirus ...

Security giant Avast has announced it intends to acquire fellow Czech-based antivirus software maker AVG for a purchase price of $25.00 per share in cash — resulting in a transaction that will total ...

Avast said Thursday that it will wind down its data-collection service, Jumpshot, in response to concerns that it was collecting personal information about users from its free antivirus programs ...

PRAGUE — Totalitarianism often leads to capitalism. Consider the ominous-sounding Research Institute for Mathematical Machines where, in 1988, researchers Eduard Kucera and Pavel Baudis toiled while ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Avast Software has launched Avast 2017, the latest free version of its ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Experts has recognized Avast as a top cybersecurity provider in its latest report on the best antivirus solutions for consumers and businesses. The ...

Avast -- stylized as "avast!" -- is the anti-virus computer software brand from Czech-based developer Avast Software. The name of the program is actually an acronym for Anti-Virus - Advanced Set. It's ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avast Software, maker of the world’s most trusted mobile and PC security, today revealed results of a Wi-Fi hack experiment conducted at various locations around ...