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  • Oct 28, 2015
    Avast “Lost” and Tracked 20 Phones In the U.S. to Find Out Where They Went

    Redwood City, California, Oct. 28, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the world’s most-trusted PC and mobile security, today revealed the results of their experiment to lose and track twenty...

  • Oct 20, 2015

    AMSTERDAM – October 20, 2015 – Although its pictures and videos are gone in an instant, its effect on your smartphone lingers, as Snapchat the image-sharing app has been crowned as the number...

  • Aug 30, 2015

    Redwood City, Calif. August 31, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the world’s most trusted PC and mobile security, is creating a kernel-level mobile security solution. Avast is working with...

  • Aug 19, 2015

    Redwood City, California, August 19, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the world’s most trusted PC and mobile security, today announced that ASUS, the world’s third largest consumer notebook...

  • Jul 8, 2015

    Redwood City, California, July 8, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the most-trusted security in the world, today announced the acquisition of Remotium, a leader in virtual enterprise mobility....

  • Jul 7, 2015
    Free Utility Eliminates Annoying Toolbars such as Ask and Conduit and Restores Hijacked Search

    Redwood City, Calif., July 7, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world, announced today that Avast’s patent-pending technology, Avast Browser...

  • Jun 24, 2015

    AMSTERDAM – June 24, 2015 – Mobile phones are gaining an increasing share in the battle for parental attention, with a third of children, surveyed for a recent study, saying their parents...

  • Jun 2, 2015
    We've just completed our third AVG Android App Performance report, examining which are the apps that impact the storage, data and performance of Android devices. Each report takes anonymous data from one million AVG users and looks at how their apps and app usage affect their device.

    The following infographic details our findings in the first three months of 2015. On a typical business or vacation day, my phone barely makes it through the day: A bit of Googling here, a bit of...

  • May 6, 2015

    AMSTERDAM – May 6, 2015 – AVG® Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for more than 200 million monthly active users, today announced the acquisition of Privax, a...

  • Apr 21, 2015
    Avast for Business Boasts Strong Early Adoption

    Redwood City, Calif. April 21, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world, today reported strong early adoption of its new product: Avast for Business,...

  • Mar 31, 2015
    Market-leading Innovation Drove Strong Global User Growth and Stellar Financial Performance

    Redwood City, California, March 31, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the world’s most trusted PC and mobile security, recorded yet another excellent year in 2014. Financially, Avast finished...

  • Mar 3, 2015
    New App Sweeps Up Unwanted Data to Safely Restore Precious Space; Doesn’t Suggest Removing Competitive Products

    Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, March 3, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world, today announced the launch of Avast GrimeFighter, a new...

  • Mar 3, 2015
    New intelligent app from Avast learns individual user behavior and optimizes features to preserve battery life

    Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, March 3, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world, today announced the availability of Avast Battery Saver,...

  • Mar 2, 2015
    Public Wi-Fi Experiment Conducted Across the Globe Reveals Major Security Flaws in Wi-Fi Hotspots – Asian Users More at Risk than Europeans and Americans

    Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world, today unveiled the results of a global Wi-Fi hacking...

  • Mar 2, 2015
    Avast SecureMe for iOS and Avast Mobile Security’s new Wi-Fi Security feature for Android identify threats and secure users’ mobile connections

    Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world, today announced Avast SecureMe, the world’s first...

  • Feb 25, 2015
    Tens of thousands of Americans expose themselves to privacy loss and identity theft every second; Avast reveals the dangers of Wi-Fi hacks and demonstrates its new line of mobile solutions

    Barcelona, Spain, February 25, 2015 – Avast Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world, will reveal the results of a worldwide Wi-Fi hack experiment and introduce...

  • Feb 24, 2015
    AVG Android App Performance Report for Q4 2014 reveals the latest storage-eating, battery-draining, and mobile data-hogging apps draining your devices.

    Music lovers, smartphone shoppers, and mobile gamers around the world could find their favorite apps are the ones eating up most of their battery life, data plan, and phone storage. The results of...

  • Feb 23, 2015
    Avast for Business brings straightforward, cross-platform and cloud-managed security to market

    Redwood City, Calif., February 23, 2015 - Avast Software, maker of the most-trusted mobile and PC security in the world, today introduced Avast for Business-a free, easy to use, cloud-managed...

  • Feb 10, 2015
    76 Percent Prefer to Join Unprotected Wi-Fi Networks over Secure Networks that Require a Password

    Redwood City, Calif., Feb. 10, 2015 – Seventy-six percent of American smartphone and tablet users are at risk of privacy loss and identity theft via public Wi-Fi networks, according to a recent...

  • Nov 5, 2014
    Router vulnerabilities and weak passwords allow easy access to home networks

    REDWOOD CITY, CA, Nov. 5, 2014 – Four out of five Internet-connected households in the United States are at risk of getting attacked through their wireless router, according to a recent study...

  • Nov 3, 2014

    AMSTERDAM and SAN FRANCISCO – November 3, 2014 – The latest Digital Diaries research from AVG Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for 182 million active users, has...

  • Oct 22, 2014
    Despite the growing number of devices connected to home networks, only 33 percent of households take adequate security precautions

    REDWOOD CITY, California, Oct. 22, 2014 – Nearly 80 percent of wired households in the United States have four or more devices connected to a Wi-Fi network, yet only 33 percent use a network...

  • Oct 22, 2014
    Avast 2015 identifies vulnerable home routers that can allow identity theft and privacy loss

    REDWOOD CITY, California, Oct. 22, 2014 – Avast Software, maker of the most-trusted security in the world, today launched Avast 2015 – the latest PC and Mac versions of the security solutions...

  • Sep 4, 2014
    ~ AVAST has protected its users’ sensitive data for more than 2 years and adds nearly 200,000 downloads per day ~

    REDWOOD CITY, CA, September 4, 2014 – AVAST Software, the world's most-trusted security company, today announced that avast! Mobile Security has surpassed 100 million downloads. This milestone...

  • Jul 24, 2014
    ~ Acquisition adds 40 mobile developers to AVAST’s growing mobile business ~

    REDWOOD CITY, California, July 24, 2014 – AVAST Software, maker of the most-trusted security in the world, today announced the acquisition of Inmite, a mobile application development firm....