If you're already an Avast lover (and many of you are), you can either wait for the program to update itself in the near future or go download 5.0 straight from Avast.

Avast acquired rival free antivirus company AVG in 2016. Fans of both companies can rest easy; years and years later, there's still no plan to merge them into a single product.

avast! antivirus has announced that the latest version of their award-winning antivirus software is now available. Version 8 brings with it numerous new technologies to improve virus detection as ...

Avast acquired rival free antivirus company AVG in 2016. Fans of both companies can rest easy; three years later, there's still no plan to merge them into a single product.

Note: Fans of the avast! free antivirus offering can now get the same protection in a streamlined for-pay suite. Check out our review of avast! Internet Security 5.0.

Image: ZDNet Avast and Emsisoft, two cyber-security firms known for their antivirus products, released today free decrypters that can help victims of the BigBobRoss ransomware recover their files ...

Avast!'s free antivirus gets good marks from the independent testing labs. West Coast Labs and ICSA Labs certify its virus detection in static tests, and it received VB100 certification from Virus ...