Technology that protects. Technology that sets people free

Avast is committed to creating technology that protects people and businesses, enabling everyone to live their best connected lives and to fully embrace their potential.

Committed to excellence in innovation

By combining human ingenuity with artificial intelligence, machine learning and the insight gleamed from our extensive global user base, we are able to respond to the ever growing complexity and volume of cyberthreats.

A truly global protection network

Each month on average Avast blocks:

Over 1.5 billion

malware attacks

Over 33 million

phishing attacks

3 million unique

phishing URLs

Over 4 million

ransomware attacks

A truly global protection network

Each month on average Avast blocks:

Over 1.5 billion

malware attacks

Over 33 million

phishing attacks

3 million unique

phishing URLs

Over 4 million

ransomware attacks

Our global scale and leading technology ensures that we stay one step ahead of the competition

11,759 servers
Creating a global threat detection network
56.4 petabytes
Of data transmitted monthly
302 Gbps
Peak download speed
463,000
Simultaneous VPN connections
3.97 trillion URLs
Analysed per year

We design and build for the future

Intellectual diversity — within our organisation and through our cooperation and partnership with world-leading academic institutions — is at the core of our continuing ability to adapt to the ever-changing threat landscape and strengthens Avast’s reputation as an innovation powerhouse.

Our global user base
Provides immense quantities of real-time security data shared by hundreds of millions of devices across the globe, allowing us to detect and defend against varied and highly sophisticated cyberattacks.
A large operational cloud infrastructure
Provides our world-class Threat Labs  with the scale, speed, and accuracy to quickly discover, classify, and protect against any new threat.
A robust protection engine
With six layers of defence ensures that our users remain protected at all times.
AI and machine learning technologies
Operating at scale to process the security data from our user base ti identify and eliminate both known and emergent threats.
Our global user base
Provides immense quantities of real-time security data shared by hundreds of millions of devices across the globe, allowing us to detect and defend against varied and highly sophisticated cyberattacks.
A large operational cloud infrastructure
Provides our world-class Threat Labs  with the scale, speed, and accuracy to quickly discover, classify, and protect against any new threat.
A robust protection engine
With six layers of defence ensures that our users remain protected at all times.
AI and machine learning technologies
Operating at scale to process the security data from our user base ti identify and eliminate both known and emergent threats.

We invest in four research areas

Malvare detecting and blocking
AI and machine learning
Privacy technologies
IoT security

We invest in four research areas

Malvare detecting and blocking
AI and machine learning
Privacy technologies
IoT security

Stay informed, stay protected

We continuously monitor security issues to protect our hundreds of millions of users from emerging threats. To get the latest product features first, and hear about threats from Avast’s Threat Labs experts visit the Avast blog.