Avast!
(styled avast!) is - both freeware and payable - an antivirus computer
program with user interface that includes 41 languages, available to
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users. The name Avast is an
acronym of "Anti-Virus – Advanced Set". The official, and current
logo of Avast! is a white orb with the letter 'a' on it and an orange
circle around it, sticking out to four directions.Its developer, AVAST Software a.s. (formerly known as ALWIL Software
a.s.), has headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, with offices in
Linz, Austria; Friedrichshafen, Germany; and San Mateo, California.
It has been awarded VB100 Award by Virus Bulletin multiple times for
100% detection of "in-the-wild" viruses,[4] and also won the Secure
Computing Readers' Trust Award. The central scanning engine has been
certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs' Checkmark process.
Avast! competes in the antivirus industry against Avira, AVG
Technologies, Bitdefender, F-Secure, Frisk, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec
and Trend Micro among others.
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- License: Free
- OS: Windows XP, 98, Me
- Publisher: AVAST Software.
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