As of the 2015 edition, avast! It was renamed 'Avast' for unknown reasons. According to OPSWAT report, with a market share of 21.4% is the free antivirus software most used in the world since 2017.Īvast Antivirus products include free and paid versions that provide computer security, browser security, antivirus software, firewalls, anti-phishing, anti-spyware and anti-spam among other services, also has a central analysis engine that successfully passed the ICSA Labs certification and West Coast Labs tests.Īccording to its creators, Avast was originally conceived under the name of 'Anti-Virus Advanced Set' (whose initials form the current name of the brand), in addition to that, in the Pirate jargon, the expression avast! means high! or stop, so it was used for product identity.
Avast is an antivirus and security suite software from the Czech firm Avast Software (formerly called ALWIL Software), developed in the early 1990s.
