24.5.6116 [1]
/ 28 May 2024; 23 days ago (2024-05-28) (Windows version)
Operating system
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Available in
45 languages
Type
Security software, Antivirus software
License
Freeware, proprietary software
Website
avast.com
Avast Antivirus is a family of cross-platform internet security applications developed by Avast for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Avast offers free and paid products that provide computer security, browser security, antivirus software, firewall, anti-phishing, antispyware, and anti-spam, among other services.[2]
Avast launched a freeware business product, Avast for Business, in February 2015. It includes antivirus protection, web threat scanning, browser protection, and a cloud management console.[3]
As of 2017, Avast is the most popular antivirus vendor on the market,[4] and it had the largest share of the market for antivirus applications.[5]
In January 2020, multiple news sources reported that Avast Antivirus, through a subsidiary, was selling the browsing history of Avast Free product users. Though the company claimed all data was "de-identified", it was reported that the sold data could possibly in some instances be linked back to people's real identities, exposing every click and search they had made.[6][7][8] In response, Avast announced that it would close the subsidiary over the data privacy backlash.[9]
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^"Avast worth 'upwards of $2 billion'; no IPO before 2017" Reuters. Published on October 29, 2015
^"The Cost of Avast's Free Antivirus: Companies Can Spy on Your Clicks". PCMAG. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^Cox, Joseph (2020-01-27). "Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data". Vice. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^"Avast packaged detailed user data to be sold for millions of dollars". Engadget. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^"Avast to Commence Wind Down of Subsidiary Jumpshot". Avast. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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