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September 21st, 2011

The proof: AVAST is one of the oldest AV companies

The first computer virus AVAST stopped was the Vienna virus back in 1988. That was before Symantec released its first product, acquired Norton in 1990, or even used the Norton brand to market its AV products.  It was also before Dr. Solomon’s Antivirus was commercially released in 1991 to be later acquired by McAfee (itself established in 1989).

So if you believe the popularity of AVAST Software and its “avast! free antivirus” is a “yesterday phenomena” you are mistaken.  AVAST has been around for 23 years now and the free version was first released 10 years ago on June 1st 2001.

And what better way to prove it than by sweeping the dust off from some old pictures!

 

PS:  Damn!  We missed the free release anniversary two month back! ;)

PPS: You can see more of our history on our History Timeline page.

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    1. matija
      September 21st, 2011 at 12:01 | #1
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      The best antivirus i have ever meet and i try almost all there is on market i m most satysfaying with avast and i higlly recomended to all people dam i even instal it on other friends pc cause its the best and easy for use thnx for free rellease

    2. isatu ville
      September 21st, 2011 at 13:50 | #2
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      Strong as ever!

    3. Don
      September 21st, 2011 at 14:11 | #3
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      I love avast! Pro Anti-Virus software for my PC. Simply the best!!

    4. shujath
      September 21st, 2011 at 20:51 | #4
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      yes its really easy and friendly way to use

    5. yanto chiang
      September 22nd, 2011 at 04:32 | #5
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      That was very historical times…..good pictures..

    6. enes
      September 22nd, 2011 at 17:01 | #6
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      hi,
      though avast has more features than avira,
      avira has a much higher detection rate
      and so avira is a better antivirus

    7. Milos Korenko
      September 22nd, 2011 at 17:11 | #7
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      @enes
      Enes, avira doesn’t have ‘much higher detection’… Check the AV Comparatives or VB100 reviews. AVIRA was slightly better in detection and from 2011 AVAST has actually better detection and it was always lighter on resources and faster in scanning. But don’t take me wrong. Avira is a good product

    8. Tech
      September 23rd, 2011 at 02:44 | #8
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      Yupeee!

    9. enes
      September 23rd, 2011 at 19:32 | #9
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      hi,
      would you kindly post the link to that review
      also I thought avira was lighter on resources
      it used like 8 mb ram or something

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