Avast
Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope
Avast was founded in 1988 by Eduard Kučera and Pavel Baudiš who encountered the Vienna virus and started developing methods to help protect computers from it and other viruses.
Contact information
| Support phone: | (866) 951-7679 |
| Sales phone: | (800) 581-1081 |
| Czech Republic phone: | 00 420 274 005 777 |
| Germany phone: | 00 49 (0)7541-9530490 |
| Fax: | None or unknown |
| TDD: | None or unknown |
| Website: | Avast official website |
| E-mail: | Avast contact page |
| Address: | Avast Software, Inc. 2625 Broadway St. Redwood City, CA 94063 USA |
| Stock: | AVAST |
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Company news
August 2021 - NortonLifeLock announced in August it was merging with Avast for $8 billion to create a larger cyber security firm.
September 30, 2016 - Avast announced it had acquired a majority stake in AVG and would be operating as a single company as of Monday, October 3, 2016.