Press Releases

avast! wins CNET Download.com 5 star rating

Prague - 21st January 2007: For Immediate Release : ALWIL Software a.s. is very pleased to announce that CNET Download.com has awarded avast! Home Edition the coveted five star rating.

Announcing avast! Home Edition 20 millionth registered user

Prague - 30th October 2006: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software are very proud to announce that we have just reached the milestone figure of our 20 Millionth (20 000 000) registered avast! Home Edition user.

ALWIL Software announces avast! integration of scanning technology with Copperfasted Technologies products.

Prague – 30th October 2006: For immediate release: ALWIL Software is pleased to announce that Copperfasten Technologies have successfully completed integration of avast! Linux Edition into their range of Mail Firewall Appliances.

avast! for Linux/Unix is Red Hat Ready

Prague - 15th February 2007: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software a.s. is proud to announce that their avast®! for Linux®/Unix® Servers range has been extended to run under Sun Solaris™, the highly popular, free and open source operating system from Sun Microsystems®.

avast! Home Edition 25 millionth user registration

Prague - 9th February 2007: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software a.s. is extremely proud to announce another milestone in the number of avast®! antivirus Home Edition™ registrations, which reached 25 million (25,000,000) today.

Ceny avast! Antivirus byly sníženy o 20% Praha - 12. března 2007 Firma ALWIL Trade s.r.o., distributor antivirového systému avast! Antivirus v České republice, oznamuje snížení cen všech verzí antivirového programu avast! Antivirus v průmětu o 20%. Současně došlo ke snížení ceny aktualizační služby AVS. Věříme, že snížení cen povede k dalšímu rozšíření úspěšných a bezpečných produktů avast! Antivirus na trhu v České republice.

avast! Home Edition reaches 35m users

Prague - 9th August 2007: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software a.s. is extremely proud to announce the registration of the 35 millionth (35,000,000) avast®! antivirus Home Edition user.

40milionesima registrazione avast! Home Edition

New York e Praga – 22 Ottobre, 2007 - comunicato stampa: ALWIL Software a.s. è orgogliosa di annunciare la registrazione del 40 milionesimo utente al pluri premiato programma antivirus avast! Home Edition.

Comunicato stampa: lancio di avast! 4.8

Praga, Republica Ceca - 29 Marzo 2008 - comunicato stampa – ALWIL Software a.s. è orgogliosa di annunciare il lancio di avast! antivirus 4.8.

avast! antivirus 4.8 rappresenta un importante aggiornamento alla linea di prodotti della tecnologia avast! , che include l'aggiunta della protezione anti-spyware, certificata dalla West Coast Lab, e l'applicazione di capacità anti-rootkit, entrambe firmate avast!.

Inoltre, avast! antivirus 4.8 aggiunge al programma un'elevata capacità di auto-protezione, e garantisce protezione ai dati e ai programmi degli utenti.

avast! wins two European SC Awards

London – 25th April 2006: For immediate release: ALWIL Software is proud to announce that it has won the prestigious SC Awards for best antivirus (avast!) and winner of the anti-malware category for the European section of the award event.

avast! joins PC World "101 Fabulous Freebies" list

Prague – 11th April 2006: For immediate release: ALWIL Software is pleased to announce that avast! Home Edition has made it to PC World’s "101 Fabulous Freebies" List for the first time in the May 2006 issue of the magazine.

ALWIL Software Celebrates 15th Year of Operations

Prague – 30th March 2006: For immediate release : ALWIL Software is pleased to announce that, on the 1st April 2006, ALWIL Software will be 15 years old.

avast! antivirus now available on Solaris platform

Prague - 28th February 2007: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software a.s. is proud to announce that their avast®! for Linux/Unix Servers range has been extended to run under Sun Solaris™, the highly popular, free and open source operating system from Sun Microsystems®.

Comunicato stampa: avast! festeggia il 50 milionesimo utente registrato

Praga, Republica Ceca - 7 Marzo 2008 - comunicato stampa – ALWIL Software a.s. è orgogliosa di annunciare la registrazione del 50 milionesimo utente registrato al multi premiato antivirus avast! .

30 Millionth avast! Home Edition User Registered

Prague - 11th May 2007: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software a.s. is extremely proud to announce another milestone in the number of avast®! antivirus Home Edition registrations has been reached with the registration, today, of the 30 millionth (30,000,000) user.

avast! U3 Edition Launched

Prague - November 2005 :For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software is today pleased to announce the immediate availability of its latest product: avast! Antivirus U3 Edition.

avast! Home Edition wins PC Format Gold Award

Prague 12th December 2005: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software is proud to announce that avast! Home Edition today received the respected PC Format GOLD award, with a total score of 90%, the highest achieved in the group test.

AVAST32 3.0 End of Life - Notice of withdrawal of support and updates

Prague - January 2nd 2006: For Immediate Release : ALWIL Software today formally announces that AVAST32 3.0 support and updates are to cease on 1st February 2006 as the product reaches end of life.

ALWIL Software adds five hundredth reseller

Prague - January 19th 2006: For immediate release : ALWIL Software is pleased to announce that it has signed the five hundredth reseller to it's growing international reseller network.

avast! Wins SC Award

Prague – 15th February 2006: For immediate release: ALWIL Software is proud to announce that it has won the prestigious SC Readers Choice Awards for best Antivirus (avast!) for the USA section of the award event.