Recently we announced reaching 3 million issued licenses under the AVAST Free for Education program. From all the US, California ranked first in terms of free licenses. California, the third-largest state by area and number one by population, seems also to want number one in terms of education. Since our AVAST Free for Education program launched in […]
In recent weeks, malware samples resolved as Win32/64:Napolar from AVAST’s name pools generated a lot of hits within our file and network shields. Independently, we observed an advertising campaign of a new Trojan dubbed Solarbot that started around May 2013. This campaign did not run through shady hacking forums as we are used to, but […]
Joining in AVAST’s fight against malware, is a team of helpful minions with fanciful names like Zilch, Kobayashi , and Torque that clean and tune up your computer’s system of unwanted grime. These are not the bumbling underlings of a wannabe super villain, rather they are a well-trained army, led by studly Officer Pete. This […]
Joining in AVAST’s fight against malware, is a team of helpful minions with fanciful names like Zilch, Kobayashi , and Torque that clean and tune up your computer’s system of unwanted grime. These are not the bumbling underlings of a wannabe super villain, rather they are a well-trained army, led by studly Officer Pete. This […]
Hiew V.Y. from beautiful Kota Kinabalu in Malyasia wrote this winning #SecurityTip during Round 2 of the AVAST #SecurityTip contest. First and foremost, I cover myself with Mobile Security & Antivirus. Like the old saying goes: [A]lone in the dark, [V]arious dangers lurks, [A]ctive protective is a must, [S]afety ensured by professionals, [T]rust we can […]
AVAST is trusted by nearly 200 million people worldwide, and the trifecta of protection, performance, and usability work together to make it the most recommended antivirus protection in the world. If you don’t trust the experiences of 200 million people, how about research from an independent testing lab? During July and August, when the rest […]
The second round of the AVAST contest has ended with a phenomenal result of 1700 #SecurityTips. Users participate by sharing their knowledge with others and at the same time they get a chance to win free avast! Mobile Premium and avast! Internet Security licenses, as well as Nexus 7 tablets and a Nexus 4 smartphone. The […]
Ahoy, me hearties! Fine people o’ fortune be ye! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, so we give a mighty heave-ho to them fancy words, and ask ye to do the same. All ye need to do is sprinkle in a few aarghs throughout the day, and if someone makes ye mad, hang […]
In a blog post published back in June, we shared the stories of a few unfortunate people who were fired from their jobs or passed over for a job promotion because of over-sharing on social networks. If you are looking for a job and wonder why you are not getting a call back, it could […]
Many of you might wonder how the virus lab works. Who are those guys setting behind the computers and analyzing malicious files. Well let us unveil some of the virus lab secrets and break stereotypes: 1. Virus lab team, doesn’t work in the laboratory 2. Virus analytic are real, nice human beings, not robots 3. Yes […]