Avast! (styled avast!) is an antivirus computer program available to Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users, with a user interface available in 41 languages. The name Avast is an acronym of "Anti-Virus –Advanced Set". [2]
Its developer, AVAST Software a.s. (formerly known as ALWIL Software a.s.), has headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, with offices in Linz, Austria; Friedrichshafen, Germany; and Redwood City, California. [3]
The software has received a number of awards from Virus Bulletin for 100% detection of "in-the-wild" viruses, [4] and also won the Secure Computing Readers' Trust Award. [5] The central scanning engine has been certified by ICSA Labs [6] and West Coast Labs' Checkmark process. [7]
In June 2012, Avast! had 17.4% of the worldwide antivirus vendor market share.
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