Press Releases

This is the ALWIL Software Press Release pages, where you can find information on current and archived press releases from ALWIL Software.

Press Release: avast! celebrates 75 million registered users

Prague, Czech Republic - 18th February, 2009 - for immediate release – ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce that the multi-award winning avast! antivirus has now passed 75 million registered users. Since the first registration in January 2002, avast! antivirus has grown to be a truly global product. While it took 6 years to achieve the 50 millionth user, it has taken only an additional 12 months for this number to reach 75 million. 


Press Release: avast! celebrates 60 million registered users

Prague, Czech Republic - 24th July 2008 - for immediate release – ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce the registration of the sixty millionth (60,000,000th) user of its multi-award winning avast! Antivirus.


Press Release: newest version of avast! antivirus released

Prague, Czech Republic - 29th March 2008 - for immediate release – ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce the next major release of avast! antivirus, avast! 4.8.

avast! antivirus 4.8 is a major technology upgrade to the avast! product line, which includes the addition of anti-spyware detection, certified by West Coast Lab’s Checkmark process, and the implementation of anti-rootkit capabilities, all directly from within avast! antivirus.


Press Release: avast! celebrates 50,000,000th Registered User

Prague, Czech Republic - 5th March 2008 - for immediate release – ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce the registration of the fifty millionth (50,000,000th) user of the multi-award winning avast! Antivirus.


Press Release: avast! WHS Edition Released

Prague – January 9th 2008 – for immediate release: ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce the release of avast! WHS Edition for Microsoft Windows Home Server platform.


Press Release: avast! Mac Edition Released

Prague – January 9th 2008 – for immediate release: ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce the release of the lastest member of the avast! family of products, avast! Mac Edition for the Macintosh platform.


avast! Home Edition 40 millionth registration

New York and Prague – October 22, 2007 - For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce the registration of the 40 millionth user of its multiple award-winning avast! Home Edition antivirus software.


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.


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! 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®.


avast! for Linux/Unix is Red Hat Ready

Prague - 15th February 2007: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce that avast®! for Linux/Unix has been approved as Red Hat® Ready, with ALWIL Software a.s. approved as a Red Hat® Ready Partner.


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.


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.


ALWIL Software announces avast! integration of scanning technology with Copperfasten 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.


Announcing avast! Home Edition 20 millionth registered user

Prague - 30th October 2006: For Immediate Release: ALWIL Software is very proud to announce the registration of our 20 Millionth (20 000 000) registered avast! Home Edition user.


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.


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! 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.


avast! Wins SC Award SC Awards 2006 Winner

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.


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! 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.