Since my first impression of Avast years ago, it has been categorized in with McAfee and Norton. Anti Virus software is a product you shouldn’t choose the second or third best option if there is a clear best. AVG was good at hiding in the background. Antiviruses, in general, are an annoyance but a necessity. Bought for $1.3 Billion on July 7th, 2016, their press goes of the details statement Avast Announces Agreement to Acquire AVG for $1.3BĪVG, known as one of the best free antivirus solutions was a robust antivirus.

AVG was known for having a robust and complete product for free. The acquisition comes only a little after a year of the purchase of AVG. Avast Expanding Their Product LineĪvast is expanding their product line, and like every company, they want to be the best in the market. Here is the public statement on their website Record Revenue Puts Avast in Second Among Security Industry Leaders. They back it up and say it’s based on earnings. They claim they have become the number two antivirus company in the world. Avast seems to be growing exponentially in the antivirus market. The news of the acquisition comes from Avast’s press release Avast acquires Piriform, maker of CCleaner just two days ago. Piriform created the software CCleaner, Speccy, Recuva, and Defraggler. Avast Purchased Piriform on Wednesday, July 19th.

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