Julie 190,000,000^th registered avast! user

The 190 millionth user is Julie, a British national living in Spain. She chose avast! Free antivirus on the advice of a Stephen, a retired friend. And it was Stephen that downloaded and installed avast! on her computer this January 12. Both Julie and Stephen will receive an expenses-paid trip for two to Prague, the historic capital of Prague and the home of AVAST Software.

"As a recommender and IT helper, people like Stephen have a big impact on AVAST," said Mr. Steckler. “They have helped our user base grow last year from 141 million to 190 million registered users.”Recommending avast! comes naturally to Stephen. “I’ve probably recommended avast! to at least a dozen friends,” said Stephen. An avast! user for over six years, he describes himself as somewhat knowledgeable, but not a computer geek. He’s the person that gets asked to install games, add hardware, and show friends how to save or send family pictures. Stephen’s own avast! use has been uneventful – and he likes it that way. Stephen likes the daily virus database update notices, he has gotten warning pop-ups about malware and dodgy sites, but never had an infection himself. Helping his friends out with avast! and their IT issues is almost a social event. “Yes I have been known to have a beer or two while waiting for the machine to restart,” Stephen quipped. Neither he or Julie had ever imagined they could win a trip to Prague before they were contacted by AVAST.