Avast! (styled avast!) is an antivirus computer program developed by
AVAST Software a.s. (formerly known as ALWIL Software a.s.), a company
headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, with offices in Linz, Austria;
Friedrichshafen, Germany; and San Mateo, California. The name Avast is
an acronym of "Anti-Virus – Advanced Set". The official trademarked
product name of Avast! is stylized in all lower-case and includes an
exclamation mark as well as the slogan 'be free'. The official, and
current logo of Avast! is a white orb with the letter 'a' on it and an orange circle around it, sticking out to four directions.Avast! Antivirus software is based on a central scanning engine that is certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs' Checkmark process. Avast! also offers anti-spyware technology, also certified by West Coast Labs' Checkmark process, as well as anti-rootkit and self-protection capabilities. Virus Bulletin has multiple times awarded Avast! Antivirus with its VB100 Award for 100% detection of "in-the-wild" viruses, and also won the Secure Computing Readers' Trust Award.
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