Jumpshot was a cool company even before AVAST Software made them a part of the world’s most trusted antivirus family. They told us about the awesome fan base following the company, so we’re pretty excited to welcome all you cool Jumpshot kids as you make the move from Jumpshot’s current blog, Facebook, Pinterest, and most […]
Question of the week: How do I know which antivirus is the best for my computer? I mostly use it for staying in touch with my friends, doing schoolwork and watching videos. Is your free product good enough to protect me? We receive questions like yours on our Facebook page frequently. We understand how difficult […]
Our high-performance avast! File Server Security software continues its run of perfect detection rate scores and excellent performance in the latest Virus Bulletin test concluded in October 2013. The experts at VB’s labs said, “Avast hasn’t missed a VB100 comparative since 2007, and has maintained an impressive level of passes as well as keeping the […]
Christmas time is essentially connected with buying presents. There’s a lot of stuff to be done and a lot of opportunities to buy a present in an e-shop to save time. Who doesn’t know someone who buys a Christmas gift online? The malware authors know and are very keen to take advantage of it. We […]
It’s not surprising that scared people are the most vulnerable to attacker’s traps, and there is no reason to think it will work differently with computer users. Using this psychology, cybercrooks show an unaware victim an alert page claiming to have found that banned pornography was viewed or stored on their computer. The message goes […]
Question of the week: I have been recommending avast! Antivirus to my friends for years. Now I see that you are giving away up to $10,000 for the person with the most recommendations. When you ask for “creative” ways to recommend (to win $1000), just what are you looking for? Thanks for the helpful question. […]
We all see the reminders to update Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, and Java frequently. There is good reason not to put this task off: The trusted researchers at AV-TEST Institute found that 66 percent of affected Windows systems are victims of malware that took advantage of exploits found in Reader, Flash, and Java. During the […]
Creativity takes courage ~ Henri Matisse When in 2001 AVAST Software co-founders, Mr. Eduard Kučera and Pavel Baudiš, decided to offer avast! Antivirus for free, it was one creative and brave decision. No one expected that this would change the future of the entire company and that 12 years later avast! Antivirus would protect 200 million […]
We are happy to announce an open beta test for our upcoming product avast! SecureLine for Android, and we are seeking advanced beta testers to take part. With avast! SecureLine for Android, you can securely use your smartphones and tablets on unsecure WiFi networks while traveling or in your favorite cafe. Those of you who […]
Our AVAST IQ quiz is over and it’s time to share results with you. Before announcing the winners, let me share some interesting stats with you. Your engagement and participation exceeded our expectations. We would like to thank you for taking time and participating in our quiz. It was fun and you have proven once […]