Born at the same time as the world wide web 30 years ago, Avast has enjoyed an action-packed and storied history. Read our blog post on 30 years of Avast. In the late 1980’s, the world happily said goodbye to, among other things, the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and chunky sewn-in shoulder pads. But that time did not mark the end of an era as much as it did the beginning of one, for it was also the dawn of the web as we know it today. As we stepped into a new era of computers and connections, a Czech software engineer named Pavel Baudis was sharpening his own tech skills, successfully defeating the Vienna Virus, malware that had been terrorizing computers throughout Europe. Pavel wanted to use his powers for good.
He and his friend Eduard Kucera foresaw that the general population would need some guidance to travel safely down the brand new cyber-highway, so they established a security software company called ALWIL. Twenty years later, they would change the company name to match that of their award-winning software, Avast. Also during that time they would develop the company’s core belief that “everyone deserves security and privacy online,” and they would emphasize it by releasing Avast Free Antivirus. With that release, no barriers — financial or otherwise — could keep people from protecting themselves.
Your Mac is not immune to threats — yet our Avast Antivirus for Mac protects on 3 fronts. Download Avast Security for Mac today: https://www.avast.com/free. Avast Free Antivirus raises the bar on security with real-time protection, intelligent threat-detection, and added security for your network, passwords, and browser. Easy to install and easy to use, no other free antivirus comes close.