- Jul 13, 2014
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Yes you are right, in terms of detection and performance, Avast is better. And of course acquiring AVG, increases investments and helps to face competition with more resources available.
Avast acquires antivirus maker AVG
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- Aug 23, 2013
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Of course it was, these are one of the most popular antiviruses in the world. They have a very big userbase. And AVG is not a bad antivirus. Lately it seems to come out better than Avast in some cases and tests.
It should improe Avast features but not so much avg is poor....
When Emsisoft buy kaspersky or ESET engines that would be sensation
Bigger chance for ESET or Kaspersky to buy Emsisoft than the other way around
- Apr 30, 2012
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I think in this forum we should discuss if it is good for us or not ,less competition may be good for companies but not for consumers.i remember those old days when only yellow color anti virus was available in my country and we had no option other than use it or leave it and remain without antivirus,and we would choose second option
- Apr 30, 2012
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I think now we have pretty large number AV companies. So we won't suffer at all in this respect.
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What do you think about 1 year free AVG Internet Security from Huawei? Will it be still available or not after avast will buy AVG?
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Well, maybe it will be available as Avgast?
- Jun 9, 2013
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It is still working at this time, i can vouch for that.
By the way it sounds nice ,,Avgast,, Composed of 2 words ,,Avg,, & ,,Avast.
It is still working at this time, i can vouch for that.
But who knows if it will work in future
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Most users can run Avast or AVG without having to worry about advanced threats. By the time they encounter something bad it would be already detected.
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- Sep 26, 2014
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I am very curious to see the new version of the antivirus.
Is it going to implement features from AVG? Who knows.
Unfortunately we will have to wait for some time to see what they have decided to do.
Is it going to implement features from AVG? Who knows.
Unfortunately we will have to wait for some time to see what they have decided to do.
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It's a really interesting question to know what they will produce finally. Maybe avast will get some special features from AVG or maybe will stay untouched. Soon or later we will know
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Deep Freeze and other containment security software cannot tell the difference between a Safe or Dangerous file. Layered security is better than no security at all, so using an Antivirus with some sandboxing would be better for the majority of average computer users. Not forgetting backup software.
For 1.3 billion they should have access to each letter of the code and internal specifications of AVG. Let's hope they will be wise and integrate some features from AVG like ELAM, Identity Protection behavior blocker and Zen are just some of the great ones.It's a really interesting question to know what they will produce finally. Maybe avast will get some special features from AVG or maybe will stay untouched. Soon or later we will know
You may find this interesting.
Security CEO Says Pivoting From Antivirus Will Be 'Far Easier' After Billion-Dollar Acquisition
"What will happen to the separate brands?
It will be one company, two brands. The geographic overlap between the two companies’ is not that significant. Avast is strong in South America. We’re strong in North America. Europe is fairly well split up. Together, there’s going to be a wider blanket of coverage in some very important markets. The idea is to recognize the strong brand in each market and just let the two live side-by-side.
So the plan is to continue pushing AVG where it’s strong and Avast where it’s strong?
That is correct.
How do the two companies plan to remain competitive?
A couple of things have happened in the security world. The definition of security has expanded. [...] The strategy is to provide a much broader portfolio of security products under a simple UI (user interface). I believe that vision will be carried through into the joint entity so that AV itself is only one feature, it’s no longer the product."
It will be one company, two brands. The geographic overlap between the two companies’ is not that significant. Avast is strong in South America. We’re strong in North America. Europe is fairly well split up. Together, there’s going to be a wider blanket of coverage in some very important markets. The idea is to recognize the strong brand in each market and just let the two live side-by-side.
So the plan is to continue pushing AVG where it’s strong and Avast where it’s strong?
That is correct.
How do the two companies plan to remain competitive?
A couple of things have happened in the security world. The definition of security has expanded. [...] The strategy is to provide a much broader portfolio of security products under a simple UI (user interface). I believe that vision will be carried through into the joint entity so that AV itself is only one feature, it’s no longer the product."
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