Take the Avast quiz!

Avast 21 Jun 2018

Let’s play. We’ve got 15 Avast-related questions for you. Some are cheeky, some are tricky, some are easy-peasy. Ready?

When was our birthday? (Hint: Start at 2018 and count backwards)

1/15

1991

1990

1988

We had a bit of an identity crisis early on. What did we call ourselves?

2/15

Alwil

Avast!

Always

Every hero needs an origin story. Which virus were we created to stop?

3/15

Paris

Vienna

Creeper

Avast was born from broken dreams. What did our founders, Eduard Kučera and Pavel Baudiš, want to do before going into computers?

4/15

Medicine

Physics

Math

Kids, skip this question: why is HideMyAss’ mascot a donkey?

5/15

Because it’s another word for “butt”

Because we stubbornly protect people’s privacy

Because we work “as hard as a mule”

In 1997, one of our competitors tried to buy us out: who?

6/15

McAfee

Norton

AVG

There’s no excuse not to be safe online. When did we release our first free antivirus?

7/15

2001

2004

1995

Whoa! We’re getting all Carl Sagan in here! What’s this a picture of?

8/15

The vast, beautiful universe

Some funky new video game

A visualization of our enormous database of files (viewable in VR!)

Who is our famous chess-playing spokesperson?

9/15

Pavel Baudis

Vince Steckler

Garry Kasparov

Everything needs protection, including your phone. When did we make the first android antivirus so you could do just that?

10/15

2014

2015

2009

Which of the following passwords do you think is the most secure:

11/15

W3’rEturNING30!

30ye@rsYOUng>>

Neither, don’t share your passwords online!

We might not be youtube famous, but what was the first video we posted there?

12/15

“Meet Avast”

“Avast Free Antivirus gets Gold”

“The Daily Buzz with Avast”

Say… what does “Avast” actually mean, anyway?

13/15

Hello

Spotted

Stop

We’re all over the world but we’ve got one home: where’s our HQ?

14/15

Germany

The Czech Republic

The United States

What makes Avast so great?

15/15

Our blob logo.

Vince, our CEO

You, our users!

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Not bad — or did you use good old uncle Google? ;) Either way, we feel honoured!