Category Archives: Consumer Alerts

A nova sede da Avast em Praga está pensada para atrair talentos

A nova sede da Avast está localizada no Enterprise Office Center de Praga. A abertura da linda sede da Avast, no Enterprise Office Center de Praga é uma boa ocasião para celebrar. Há alguns dias, no evento de inauguração, alguns dos nossos executivos mostraram as razões da mudança, bem como detalhes específicos sobre o novo […]

How to create strong, unique passwords for all your accounts (and remember them!)

One of the best ways to protect yourself online is by using strong passwords. Yeah, right. You’ve seen the rules before 1. Use long, strong passwords that mix letters, numbers, special characters, and capital letters 2. Avoid using the same password on different websites. But since we have so many to remember, the average is 19 per […]

Facebook user accounts hacked by Ramnit worm

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Facebook users, especially those in the United Kingdom and France, have been hit by the Ramnit worm recently. It’s estimated that more than 800,000 machines were infected with Ramnit since September 2011, though not all had been hit by the Facebook attack. A worm is a self-replicating program that multiplies without needing to attach itself […]

The cat and mouse game of internet security

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Security is an evolutionary business rather than a revolutionary one. “Computer security has been around for 25 or 30 years and the threats keep evolving,” Avast CEO Vince Steckler in a video interview with ValueTech. The solutions keep evolving too. “If you go back 20 years ago, the big issue was script kiddies and big public splashes […]

2016: The Year of Spying Microwaves and Hijacked Cars

The security stakes only seem to be rising when it comes to the threats that affect us as modern-day consumers.   Over the past year, we have seen a list of notable mobile threats that put people’s privacy at risk. Previously unseen vulnerabilities surfaced, such as Certifi-gate and Stagefright, both of which can be exploited […]

What you share online may be revealed to others

Every year we celebrate Data Privacy Day by thinking about what we post online, what methods we use to connect, and the security of the devices we use. Data Privacy Day  (DPD) is an international effort held annually on January 28 to create awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information. Avast knows […]

Avast for Business makes life easy for IT professionals

Businesses and organizations use Avast for Business, the security solution that’s easy to deploy and manage (and free!). Business sectors such as education, retail, healthcare, IT consulting firms love and use Avast business security solutions for their ease-of-use and effectiveness against threats. In less than a year, more than one million devices have been secured […]

AV-TEST rates Avast Free Antivirus 2016 as a top security product for Windows Home Users

AV-TEST, the leading and worldwide operating service provider for IT security testing services, has recently revealed the results of their Product Review and Certification Report for November-December 2015. AV-TEST describes the details of the review on their website: . . .we continuously evaluated 20 home user security products using their default settings. We always used […]

Avast’s new Prague headquarters is set to attract the most talented people

The opening of Avast’s beautiful new headquarters, Prague’s Enterprise Office Building, is a pretty good cause for celebration. At last night’s Grand Opening event, a few of our executive team members shed light on the moving process, as well as specific details about the building and its potential to open new doors for the company. […]

Avast opens its new headquarters with a gala event

Avast Software celebrates moving into a beautiful Silicon Valley-style work place. The grand opening of the new Avast headquarters, held in Prague on Thursday night, was a gala event for employees, friends of Avast, international journalists, his excellence Andrew H. Schapiro U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Chairman of the Board John Schwarz, our two […]