Avast Software
Also known as ALWIL Software
thumb|Avast founders Eduard Kučera (left) and [[Pavel Baudiš (right) in 2016 with their spouses, who run the non-profit Avast Foundation for community development]]
Key facts
- Company.name
- Avast Software s.r.o.
- Company.logo
- Avast logo 2021.svg
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2021
- Company.image
- Praha Nusle Pikrtova 1a.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 250px
- Company.image_caption
- Enterprise Office Center building, Gen Digital co-headquarters in Prague
- Company.former_name
- Alwil Software
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.industry
- Computer software
- Company.products
- Cybersecurity software
- Company.services
- Computer security
- Company.revenue
- 892.9 million (2020)
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- History
- Products
- Reception
- Collection and sale of user data
- See also
- References
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thumb|Avast founders Eduard Kučera (left) and [[Pavel Baudiš (right) in 2016 with their spouses, who run the non-profit Avast Foundation for community development]]
Avast Software s.r.o. is a subsidiary of Gen Digital. It is a Czech multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, that researches and develops computer security software, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Avast had more than 435 million monthly active users and the second largest market share among anti-malware application vendors worldwide as of April 2020. As of 2025, parent company Gen Digital had approximately 4,000 employees worldwide.
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