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Avast Software

thumb|Avast founders Eduard Kučera (left) and [[Pavel Baudiš (right) in 2016 with their spouses, who run the non-profit Avast Foundation for community development]]

Key facts

Company.name: Avast Software s.r.o.
Company.logo: Avast logo 2021.svg
Company.logo_caption: Logo used since 2021
Company.image: Praha Nusle Pikrtova 1a.jpg
Company.image_size: 250px
Company.image_caption: Enterprise Office Center building, Gen Digital co-headquarters in Prague
Company.former_name: Alwil Software
Company.type: Subsidiary
Company.industry: Computer software
Company.products: Cybersecurity software
Company.services: Computer security
Company.revenue: 892.9 million (2020)
Company.operating_income: 335.4 million (2020)
Company.net_income: 169.6 million (2020)
Company.assets: 2.707 billion (2020)
Company.equity: 1.195 billion (2020)
Company.num_employees_year: 2025
Company.parent: Gen Digital

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History
Products
Reception
Collection and sale of user data
See also
References
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thumb|Avast founders Eduard Kučera (left) and [[Pavel Baudiš (right) in 2016 with their spouses, who run the non-profit Avast Foundation for community development]]

Avast Software s.r.o. is a subsidiary of Gen Digital. It is a Czech multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, that researches and develops computer security software, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Avast had more than 435 million monthly active users and the second largest market share among anti-malware application vendors worldwide as of April 2020. As of 2025, parent company Gen Digital had approximately 4,000 employees worldwide.