A new interface optimized for Windows 8 makes it easier to get at the interesting new features in Avast 8, which include a file shredder, browser cleaner, and software update tool. Senior writer Seth ...

avast! Internet Security 8 adds spam filtering, firewall, and a powerful sandboxing engine to the same antivirus protection found in avast!'s free suite. Overall, though, you can get better protection ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. avast! Premier 8 adds data shredding and remote PC access ...

(Bloomberg) -- NortonLifeLock Inc.’s $8.6 billion purchase of Avast Plc will face an in-depth probe by the Competition and Markets Authority after it raised competition concerns in the cybersecurity ...

When the version number of a new software release is just 0.1 higher than the old one, I expect a ho-hum incremental update. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that avast! antivirus 4.8 Home ...

Security software outfit Avast are trying to figure out why the combination of recent Windows patches and updates to the latter company's software are breaking PCs. Hordes of users have found that ...

Antivirus vendor NortonLifeLock this afternoon said it will merge with Britain's Avast PLC in a transaction combining cash and stock in two different options, totaling between $8.1 billion and $8.6 ...

What just happened? Cybersecurity companies NortonLifeLock and Avast, announced this week a merger that values Avast's shares at between $8.1 and $8.6 billion. A joint press release claims the ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...