Who is avast

Remember Me. Forgot username or password? Not a member? Need further assistance? Please call Member Services at Here's what you need to know about the company's data collection practices—and how to limit them. By Bree Fowler. January 29, Sharing is Nice Yes, send me a copy of this email. Send We respect your privacy. Oops, we messed up. The next year, publication Virus Bulletin gave awards to Alwil in all of its testing categories, making Avast among the three anti-virus programs in the world to achieve that feat.

In , based on the belief that all computer owners should be able to afford necessary anti-virus protection, Alwil launched a free version of the software for home users. As a result, the number of Avast users grew to 20 million within the next five years. In Alwil changed its name to Avast to align itself more closely with its software brand. As of , Avast has more than million users. I recently bought an Avast-Ab for 1 Year for 69,99 Euro.

The support E-Mail does not work, it seems difficult to get in contact with Avast. Extremely frustrated. The have been quick to deduct the money. But that was it. No more response, no help at all. Ams prefix 7 months ago.

Hi there, If you happen to be looking up for problems with your computer with Avast antivirus installed in your system than I pray remove it immediately from your pc. I have just been scammed by Avast to upgrade when out of the blue my computer windows and emails were locked and a warning on my screen to upgrade to resolve some present highly critical issues.

The moment Avast was uninstalled everything was back to normal. I mean if they want to scam a customer than they have some stupid programmers who work for them because I could spot immediately the scam.. Samy2 prefix 20 days ago. True because, It don't even ask permission to do things. I mean one time I was just playing and a notification popped up by showing my IP address.

The message was " Your ip address is unprocted bla bla" Plus, deleting this antivirus is a pain. I litterly had wasted time just to uninstall this antivirus. Len prefix 8 months ago. I have a very important question to ask : do i need microsoft security essentials if i have avast? CyberNews Team prefix 8 months ago.

It would be best if you stuck with only one of them: MSE or Avast. Running multiple antiviruses at the same time provides interference and clashing, which usually does more hard than good. Thomas E. Yeager prefix 8 months ago. How to I get a refund? Eugeniy prefix 8 months ago. The boot-time scan is actually one that you can run to start antivirus as your PC boots up. This enables you to remove nastier malware types that dig deeper into your system files.

Liam James prefix 8 months ago. I have no idea on how to block a program from accessing the internet on avast. I have a couple of games that do not need access to the internet, however, each time they ask for permission.

You can set up application rules. They will block any app from accessing the Internet. Eric V prefix 8 months ago. Really like the boot scan option. Audrey prefix 8 months ago. Very detailed review of avast. I really like the comparison table with offline and online protection among other providers. Please, could you update this info. CyberNews Team prefix 3 months ago.

Avast is a Czech company based in Prague. This puts them in one of the EU countries. Linda Longacre prefix 8 months ago. I used a free version of avast and when it reminded me 7 days before it was up there was no place for me to cancel it.

Why is that? There should be a box to cancel. You can wait till your subscription ends, then it will automatically be converted to a free plan. Yes, Avast can contribute to the slowing down of your internet. If you set the scans to be frequent, Avast may overuse your resources and throttle your Internet bandwidth till it finished checking files.

Nora prefix 9 months ago. Hey there! Need some help. I recently installed avast antivirus, as it seems that I got some viruses. Every day my PC has new apps installed, and the performance decreased a lot.

I ran avast like 4 times with a full, deep scan, however, it seems, that no viruses being detected. Where are avast logs? CyberNews Team prefix 9 months ago.