In July 2021, NortonLifeLock, an American cybersecurity company, announced that it is in talks to merge with Avast Software. The company has approximately 1,700 employees across its 25 offices worldwide. Avast has more than 435 million monthly active users and the second largest market share among anti-malware application vendors worldwide as of April 2020. is a Czech multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic that researches and develops computer security software, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Avast founders Eduard Kučera (left) and Pavel Baudiš (right) in 2016 with their spouses, who run the non-profit Avast Foundation for community developmentĪvast Software s.r.o.
