Press Releases

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

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.


Press Release: avast! 4.8 Released

Prague, Czech Republic - 20th 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.

Additionally, avast! antivirus 4.8 adds strong self-protection capabilities to the program, which prevents attacks against avast! itself, to make sure that users valuable data and programs are always protected.


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.


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.


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 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! 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®.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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! 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.


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! 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®.


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