Tag Archives: General

#AVASTteambuilding: Our orange crew chases the Northern Lights!

Saturday morning at 7:30 AM, 130 orange antivirus soldiers met up at the Prague Airport. We were flying to Tromsø, a city north of the Arctic Circle in Northern Norway. For the next 24 hours there won’t be any sleeping or a hot shower. Instead, our plan is to chase the aurora borealis (aka the Northern Lights) […]

How to remove nuisance browser toolbars?

Question of the week: “How do I get this stupid Sweetpacks off my computer?! It’s driving me crazy!” This question didn’t come from an AVAST email, a support ticket, or even our Facebook page. It came directly from my mother as we were talking on the phone one day. Believe me, when you work for […]

Check who won: Top 20 #avastSelfies!

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We celebrated the 106th annual International Women’s Day with the #avastSelfie photo contest. The photo competition is over, and now it’s time to publish the winners. We have decided to award all the entries from the gallery below with the free licenses for avast! Internet Security and avast! teddy bears. Congratulations to the winners, please check your email, we […]

Another Data Breach Crisis Looms as Microsoft’s D-Day for XP Forces Security Scramble

Opinion by Ondrej Vlcek, Chief Operations Officer at AVAST Software The termination of security updates by Microsoft to Windows XP will create severe security issues. The already rather unsafe operating system will face even more risks with the missing security updates, but the question is: Should Windows XP users be the only ones worried? Microsoft […]

Creative recommendations win 10 AVAST users $1000 each

The AVAST recommendation contest brought 145,000 new members to the AVAST Community! More than 20,000 people entered the contest and approximately 10% of those entries were think-out-of-the-box creative submissions! Users from USA, Brazil, Russia, India, France, Spain, Poland, India, Germany and many other countries showed us  their creativity; ideas to spread the word about avast! […]

AVAST is top choice for mobile and PC security worldwide

Respected testing lab AV-Comparatives ranks AVAST as the most popular provider of both mobile security and antivirus protection in North America, South America, and Europe, and gaining in Asia. “This survey highlights that AVAST is the most popular name in security in the world,” said Vincent Steckler, CEO of AVAST Software. “We proudly protect more […]

AVAST will continue to support Windows XP for home and business users

In “internet years” Microsoft’s Windows XP has been around for eons. It was released in August 2001, and in less than one month, on April 8, 2014, Microsoft will cease to provide support and security updates. The security updates patch vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malware and help to keep users and their data […]

AVAST gets Smart Choice award from FindTheBest

You have probably read reviews on Amazon when buying a book or electronics, and Yelp helps greatly when looking for a new restaurant to visit. These two are popular examples of rating and review sites that help consumers get information about products and services. FindTheBest is a research platform that attracts 20 million visitors monthly. […]

A conversation with AVAST women – Part 2

Happy International Women’s Day! This is part 2 of the conversation some of the women of AVAST had together this week. We talked about women in technology, careers, daily challenges, and who inspires us. DEBORAH We’ve been talking about the challenges of working in the male-dominated tech industry (see part 1). Do you have any […]

#avastSelfie Photo Contest

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Happy International Women’s Day! As we celebrate the 106th annual International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8th, it is an occasion to thank women everywhere who trust us to protect their devices with avast! Antivirus products. To acknowledge women’s contributions to information technology, we took a closer look this week at women’s role in the IT industry, […]