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.
U3 Devices are designed to allow users to take USB storage devices to the next level of operation, by not only letting a user store data on the device, but now a user can take their programs with them too.
avast! Antivirus U3 Edition incorporates the award winning avast! antivirus engine from ALWIL Software, and is designed from the ground up to protect a U3 smart drive from infection by a virus or malware, protecting user files, folders and programs.
Commenting on the launch of avast! U3 Edition, Eduard Kucera – Vice President and CEO of ALWIL Software, said: "We are very pleased to be extending the range of protection that we can offer our customers by supporting this important new standard in storage devices. avast! U3 Edition takes a user’s vulnerable programs and often irreplaceable data and protects them with our award-winning antivirus engine; so regardless of the host you plug your U3 device into, you know that in-the-wild viruses and malware are not going to have a chance to delete or damage those programs and data."
From home use to the office, university or school to an Internet cafe, avast! Antivirus U3 Edition allows users the reassurance to use their U3 device, knowing the data is as safe as possible from infection.
avast! Antivirus U3 Edition is available immediately for download from the avast! website, and can be used for sixty days free as a trial.
After the trial period, users can purchase licenses with an initial discounted price for one or two years maintenance contracts:
- One year subscription for just $19.95 (usual price $24.95)
- Two year subscription for just $28.95 (usual price $33.95)
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- Availability and pricing are subject to change
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About ALWIL Software - Since 1988 ALWIL Software has produced antivirus products that have been developed into the multi-award winning avast! antivirus product line. Headquartered in Prague, in the Czech Republic, ALWIL Software develops and markets avast! antivirus products that cover everything from U3 devices, desktops, PDA and server protection on multiple platforms.
About avast! antivirus products - avast! is the multi-award winning antivirus product line from ALWIL Software, which has been ICSA Labs certified and regularly receives the Virus Bulletin 100% award, for detection of 100% of in-the-wild viruses. avast! is specifically engineered to need low system requirements and automatically and incrementally updates both the program and virus definitions, keeping bandwidth usage to a minimum while always being up-to-date.
