Awards and Certifications

Independent firm OPSWAT certifies avast! version 6 consumer and business solutions, as well as version 7 free and paid-for consumer solutions.

CNET Download.com gives its March, 2012 Editors' Choice Award to avast! Free Antivirus version 7.

Chip.de awards avast! Free Antivirus as its 11th most downloaded software of 2011.

Calling avast! "the silver bullet against viruses and other threats," filecluster gives avast! its full five-star "EXCELLENT" rating.

FindTheBest.com weighs other software rating sources to determine the best solutions available.

TECHSPOT editors list the key features of avast! Free Antivirus 6.0, reporting "outstanding performance," with "almost 100% detection."

TechDeville editors use their own experience with major antivirus providers "to find out which one stands out..." and report that "incredible" full-featured, "flawless" and fast avast! Antivirus 6.0 is at the top of their list.

Based on recommendations from hundreds of reference sites (academies, universities, colleges, etc.), leading French IT publication CommentCaMarche.net rewards avast! as the best open-source or free software. (in French)

avast! made the top 10 most-downloaded list, out of more than 200,000 Windows products on CNET Downloads.

avast! Free Antivirus receives kudos for "superior protection quality" and "continual improvement in spite of the fact that it remains free of charge.

Having passed rigorous testing by Microsoft to prove that it can be installed and run reliably on the Windows 7 operating system, avast! has earned the right to use the “Compatible with Windows 7” logo.

avast! received ICSA Labs certifications for:

• Windows Server 2003 operating system
• Windows XP Professional operating system
• Windows 7, 32-bit operating system

avast! passed the VB100 tests on:

• Windows XP Professional SP3 (Apr 2012)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Feb 2012)
• Windows Server 2003 (Oct 2011)
• Windows Vista SP2 x64 Business Ed (Aug 2011)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (Jun 2011)
• Windows XP Professional (Apr 2011)
• Ubuntu Linux Server Edition (Feb 2011)
• Windows 7 Professional (Dec 2010)
• Windows Vista SP2 Business Ed (Aug 2010)
• Windows XP (Apr 2010)
• SUSE Linux (Feb 2010)
• Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Ed (Jun 2009)
• Windows Server 2008 (Oct 2008)
• Windows Vista SP1 Business Ed (Apr 2008)
• Windows Vista x64 (Aug 2007)
• Windows Vista Business Edition (Feb 2007)
• Windows XP x64 Edition (Dec 2006)
• Windows 2000 Server (Oct 2006)
• Red Hat Linux 9 (Apr 2006)
• Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (Feb 2006)
• Windows NT 4.0 (Feb 2005)
• Windows 2000 (Nov 2002)
• Windows 98 (Nov 1998)
• Windows 95 (May 1998)

AV Comparatives awarded avast! its highest “Advanced +“ rating in:

• On Demand Detection Test (March 2012)
• On Demand Detection Test (August 2011)
• On Demand Detection Test (August 2010)
• Performance Test (Suite Products) (July 2010)
• On Demand Detection Test (February 2010)
• Performance Test (December 2009)
• Retrospective / Proactive Test (November 2009)
• On Demand Detection Test (August 2009)
• Performance Test (October 2008)

avast! received the highest 5-star "Excellent" rating in the following SOFTPEDIA reviews:

• avast! Free Antivirus 6.0 (February, 2011)
• avast! Home Edition (August, 2006)

avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 received the highest five-star rating from CNET.

avast! Server Edition won the Readers’ Choice Award in the Network Antivirus category.

avast! was voted "Best Bet" among free security tools.

avast! was awarded by the Danish computer magazine PC World. (Danish)

avast! topped the list in the security software category.

avast! Free Antivirus was successfully tested by TUV and is authorized to use TUV’s “Approved Virus Protection” label.

avast! is a member of the Intel Software Partner Program.

avast! is certified by Westcoast Labs.

Anti-Malware Test Labs awarded avast! its highest honor, the Platinum Performance Award, for fastest on-access scanning.

Secure Computing magazine honored avast! with the coveted SC Award, one of the most highly prized awards in the industry.