Avast, one of our past favorite desktop antivirus applications, is acquiring one of it’s biggest rivals, AVG Technologies, for $1.3 billion in cash. The deal will give Avast access to hundreds of ...

Antivirus vendor Avast Software has agreed to buy rival AVG Technologies for $1.3 billion in cash. The deal will give Avast access to over 400 million “endpoints,” or devices running its and AVG’s ...

The endpoint security space is largely dominated by a handful of major players, and two of the biggest are teaming up in a deal that will send ripple effects across the freeware, desktop and mobile ...

A year after closing its acquisition of AVG to consolidate two anti-virus giants, Avast is now relaunching its business portfolio to integrate the two technology portfolios and rolling out a new ...

PRAGUE & AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avast Software, the leader in digital security products for consumers and businesses, today announced it has acquired a majority stake in AVG Technologies after ...

Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies has been acquired by Avast Software for $1.3bn. Netherlands-based AVG was originally founded in the Czech Republic where Avast was also founded. Avast will ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Two well-known vendors in the consumer antivirus space are ...

Security giant Avast has announced it intends to acquire fellow Czech-based antivirus software maker AVG for a purchase price of $25.00 per share in cash — resulting in a transaction that will total ...

On Friday, Avast Software closed its $1.3 billion acquisition of AVG, a move that married two of the larger endpoint security vendors. With the closing of the deal, CEO Vince Steckler said the company ...

Almost three months after announcing its plans to acquire software security rival AVG for $1.3 billion, Avast has finally revealed that the deal is complete and the duo will operate as a single entity ...

Avast has announced plans to acquire AVG in a $1.3 billion deal which will combine the antivirus products of both companies. On Thursday, the Prague, Czech Republic-based company said an agreement has ...