However, Avast makes other software - both free and paid. In fact, the free version of its antivirus is one of the internet's most popular antivirus programs. These subsidaries include AVG, Piriform, and HideMyAss!īut, if you know anything about Avast, you probably know that its famous for its antivirus software. They're officially based out of the Czech Republic, and have been through a number of acquisitions, restructurings, and brandings since.Īvast has super well-known subsidary companies as well. Many prompts to use/connect to other Avast! products this could be indication of a lot of proprietary code that points back to Avast! serversĪvast is a massive multinational cybersecurity software company founded in 1988.Another Chromium based browser (this may be a negative for some people).Avast is in hot water, accused of selling the browsing and click histories of millions of users.
