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    Avast Software s.r.o. is a Czech multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, that researches and develops computer...
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  • antivirus software, firewall, anti-phishing, antispyware, and anti-spam, among other services. Avast launched a freeware business product, Avast for Business...
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    Avast Secure Browser (formerly Avast! SafeZone) is an Avast Software web browser included for optional installation in the Avast Antivirus installer since...
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  • Piriform Software Ltd is a British software company based in London, owned since 2017 by Avast which itself became part of NortonLifeLock (now Gen Digital)...
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  • Avast SecureLine VPN is a VPN service developed by Czech cybersecurity software company Avast. It is available for Android, Microsoft Windows, macOS and...
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  • Buster) 2010: Helsinki, Finland (F-Secure) 2011: Prague, Czech Republic (AVAST Software) 2012: Munich, Germany (Trend Micro and McAfee) 2013: Bratislava, Slovakia...
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    Eduard Kučera (category Czech software engineers)
    January 1953) is a Czech software engineer and an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the computer security company Avast along with Pavel Baudiš. Kučera...
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  • Lab—three competing independent software vendors—dismissed it as an unworthy competitor, but AVG Technologies and Avast Software appreciated its potential to...
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  • of Anti-Virus Guard) is a line of antivirus software developed by AVG Technologies, a subsidiary of Avast, a part of Gen Digital. It is available for...
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    Gen Digital (category Computer security software companies)
    [citation needed] Avast product line includes Avast Antivirus, Avast Premium Security, Avast Cleanup, Avast Secure Browser, and Avast SecureLine VPN. As...
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    "Worm vs. Virus: What's the Difference and Does It Matter?". Avast Academy. Avast Software s.r.o. Retrieved 9 March 2021. Piqueira, Jose R.C.; de Vasconcelos...
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  • AVG Technologies (category Avast)
    utility software applications for desktop computers and mobile devices developed by Avast, a part of Gen Digital. AVG was a cybersecurity software company...
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  • VirusTotal (category Antivirus software)
    files. AegisLab (AegisLab) Antiy Labs (Antiy-AVL) Aladdin (eSafe) AVAST Software (Avast Antivirus) AVG Technologies (AVG AntiVirus) Avira BluePex (AVware)...
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  • October 1958 – 15 June 2021) was an American businessman and CEO of Avast Software. Steckler was born in Los Angeles, but moved to Garden Grove, Orange...
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  • formed following the merger between NortonLifeLock and Avast. Peter Norton Computing, Inc. was a software company founded by Peter Norton. Norton and his company...
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  • HMA (VPN) (category Avast)
    United Kingdom. It has been a subsidiary of the Czech cybersecurity company Avast since 2016. HMA was created in 2005 in Norfolk, England by Jack Cator. At...
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  • Visier Inc. and on the board of directors of Synopsys, Teradata, and Avast Software. John G. Schwarz attended the University of Manitoba where he received...
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  • of Avast Software s.r.o in April 2021. In a December 2023 interview, Bill Smith, the Chairman of the Board, President & CEO at Smith Micro Software, provided...
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  • individuals were arrested on money laundering charges. In August 2014, Avast Software reported that it had found new variants of Reveton that also distribute...
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  • Kroustek (12 May 2017). "Avast reports on WanaCrypt0r 2.0 ransomware that infected NHS and Telefonica". Avast Security News. Avast Software, Inc. Archived from...
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    Pavel Baudiš (category Czech software engineers)
    Pavel Baudiš (born 15 May 1960) is a Czech software engineer, entrepreneur and the co-founder of Avast along with Eduard Kučera. As of 2023, he is the...
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  • CCleaner (category Android (operating system) software)
    later and third-party software installation is now optional when installing the program. After Piriform was acquired by Avast, in September 2017, CCleaner...
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  • Avira has been owned by American software company NortonLifeLock (now Gen Digital), which also operates Norton, Avast and AVG. It was previously owned...
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    Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera started avast! (at the time ALWIL Software) and released their first version of avast! antivirus. In June 1988, in South Korea...
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  • 6, 2014. "Summit Partners Pumps $100 Million Into Antivirus Software Maker AVAST Software". TechCrunch. August 23, 2010. "Infor Raises More Money, Finally...
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    Technologies as CEO. In September 2016, AVG Technologies was acquired by Avast Software for US$1.3B. Kovacs employment with AVG Technologies was terminated...
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    expert who is currently the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Avast Software. Baloo was named one of the top 100 CISO's in 2017 and one of the Forbes...
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  • are added to Avast's exclude list, the real-time scanner has been known to stop Cain from functioning. However, the latest version of Avast no longer blocks...
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  • 27 September 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2018. "Avast Secure Browser: Fast VPN - Apps on Google Play". "Avast Secure Browser on the App Store". "New browser...
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  • program. avast! Avira Premium Security Suite Earthlink ScamBlocker (discontinued) eBay Toolbar Egress Defend ESET Smart Security G Data Software G DATA...
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