Software

Happy 15th Anniversary to Download.com

October 25th, 2011

 - Launched in 1996, Download.com is the leading (and safest) download portal for software of all types. The portal has been offering our avast! Free Antivirus for 10 of those 15 years, so we would like (continue reading...)

Não aceite doces de estranhos…

October 24th, 2011

 - Essa frase clássica vem sendo repetida por muitas gerações, e aposto que alguma avó ou tia já buzinou isso em seus ouvidos…
Na verdade o que me motiva a utilizar essa sabedoria popular, aqui, é perceber (continue reading...)

Not a Luddite – I just think old stuff is rad

October 18th, 2011

 - The recent passing of Steve Jobs prompted several conversations in the office, or at least in the Marketing/PR department, about old technologies and how/where they’ve gone. (continue reading...)

Are you avast! Free antivirus users? Here is your bottle of champagne.

October 18th, 2011

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The first company I worked at was called “CPC”.  Our product portfolio was excellent and the CPC acronym had some historical meaning but (continue reading...)

No point in going to the bank … in Norway

October 13th, 2011

 - It has been raining a little over the last 3 days in Prague but the weather for weekend should improve.  Sunny skies and (continue reading...)

Banking? Online!

October 12th, 2011

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In late 2003, I was offered a job in France. After about a 5-second-long debate with my family, the yes decision was reached (continue reading...)

Distributing antivirus by taxi?

October 11th, 2011

 - Last Monday, the TV signal coming going into our TV disappeared. “No signal” was the error message displayed quite prominently on the TV (continue reading...)

The real virus lab

October 10th, 2011

 - I would have never imagined that it could happen, but a couple of weeks back we received the “Export Company of 2010” award (continue reading...)

Barcelona – fotoreport from the last two days

October 7th, 2011

 - The content of VB 2011 programme provided an excellent amount of information from the security industry in the last three days. It came packed in an interesting and humorous way. Here is some more pictures (continue reading...)

Barcelona – fotoreport from the first day

October 6th, 2011

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Greetings from Barcelona. The conference is in the middle and here are few pictures from the first day. Everyone seems to be satisfied with the conference, and especially with the free beer offered by AVAST! (continue reading...)

Building Permits? More leftovers on rooftops

October 3rd, 2011

 - Yesterday’s post about how difficult it is to get a building permit for even a neon sign sparked (continue reading...)

Building? Not! Programming

October 2nd, 2011

 - In case you didn’t know, almost half (!) of all home computers in the world are protected by antivirus products coming from the (continue reading...)

AVAST – Since year 1801

September 26th, 2011

 - I love the marketing endorsements that tell you that “the beer you are about to drink has been brewed since 1845”. I wonder how it really did taste 160 years ago (continue reading...)

Record high Google Search Share for AVAST

September 22nd, 2011

 - My daughter went on a week-long school trip today morning. She and 30 other kids will visit Switzerland, France and Germany. It is (continue reading...)

Is free antivirus only for the poor?

September 14th, 2011

 - Is free security only for the poor in developing countries?  Well let’s look at what the users think.
When AVAST users install the free antivirus, we (continue reading...)

Excuse Me, What Exactly Is Parental Control?

July 12th, 2011

 - I had presented McAfee family protection software to some of my friends who have children at home. One of them thanked me and asked what the Parental Control feature was.
I enquired, “You mean (continue reading...)

5 Questions with Lukáš Rypáček (Senior Software Developer)

April 5th, 2011

 - I don’t know much about Lukas, other than that he is respected and liked by his colleagues (or they wouldn’t have suggested him as a potential interviewee). On facebook, I discovered he has an interest (continue reading...)

5 Questions with Lukáš Hasík (QA Director)

March 21st, 2011

 - When the Marketing/PR department was trying to transition to the company’s new project tracking system, it was difficult explaining how each task in our department can be so unique… but that didn’t (continue reading...)

Avast! Free Antivirus na pierwszym miejscu. Najczęściej pobierane aplikacje z czołowego polskiego vortalu dobreprogramy

March 18th, 2011

 - Summary In English:
Recently we took pleasure in hosting journalists at our Prague HQ. Among them were Wojtek and Kuba from dobreprogramy, Poland‘s most popular download site. avast! Free Antivirus is Poland‘s top downloaded (continue reading...)

When Technology Fails: Mobile Death Trap

February 4th, 2011

 - People place way too much trust in technology. We see that time and time again as phishing attacks and rogue security programs  proliferate. Identity theft can be one of the more extreme results (continue reading...)

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