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Avast

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16 articles decelerating

Avast has appeared in 16 articles since 2017-07. Coverage peaked in 2022Q3 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Czech, Jumpshot, London.

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16
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Velocity
-33.3%
growth rate
Acceleration
-0.833
velocity change
Sources
10
publications

Coverage Timeline

2022-09-07
Bloomberg

A wave of foreign buyers are planning to acquire fast-growing British tech companies, including Micro Focus, Avast, and Darktrace, thanks to a weakened pound

A wave of foreign buyers is coming after British technology companies, threatening to rob the UK market of what little exposure it still has to high-growth assets. Tweets: @grahambsi Tweets: Graham Si...

2022-08-04
Financial Times 5 related

In a U-turn, the UK's CMA provisionally agrees to NortonLifeLock's $8B merger with Avast, citing “significant competition” from McAfee and more; Avast jumps 43%

Kate Beioley / Financial Times :

2022-08-03
Financial Times 6 related

In a U-turn, the UK's CMA provisionally agrees to the $8B merger between Avast and NortonLifeLock, citing “significant competition” from McAfee and others

Avast shares rise more than 40% after CMA provisionally agrees $8bn merger with US rival

2021-07-15
Wall Street Journal 2 related

Avast says it is in advanced talks to merge with NortonLifeLock in a cash and stock deal; Avast has a market value of ~$7.2B

Cybersecurity firm Avast has market value of $7.2 billion  —  NortonLifeLock Inc. is in talks to buy cybersecurity firm Avast Plc in a deal that would expand the U.S. company's focus on consumer softw...

2020-01-31
ZDNet 35 related

Avast will shut down its marketing subsidiary Jumpshot following controversy over selling user data to third parties

Avast's CEO said the move is “absolutely the right thing to do.”  —  Avast is winding down its subsidiary Jumpshot following an explosive investigation into the sale …

2020-01-30
ZDNet 19 related

Avast will shut down its marketing subsidiary Jumpshot following controversy over selling user data to third parties

Avast's CEO said the move is “absolutely the right thing to do.”  —  Avast is winding down its subsidiary Jumpshot following an explosive investigation into the sale …

2018-04-12
Reuters 1 related

Czech cybersecurity and antivirus firm Avast plans London IPO, seeking around $200M at a ~$4B valuation

LONDON (Reuters) - Avast, the world's largest consumer antivirus supplier by customers, said on Thursday it will apply to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange …

2017-07-19
VentureBeat 5 related

Avast acquires UK-based Piriform, maker of popular system cleaning program CCleaner, says it will continue to offer CCleaner as a standalone product

Security software giant Avast has acquired Piriform, the U.K.-based company behind CCleaner — one of the most popular system cleaners on desktop and mobile.

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TEXXR tracks 31 Techmeme articles mentioning Avast, dating back to July 2016. The biggest stories include Hackers hid backdoor in Avast-owned system cleanup tool CCleaner for Windows from August... and Hackers hid backdoor in Avast-owned system cleanup tool CCleaner for Windows from August.... Frequently covered alongside AVG, CMA, Avast Plc, CCleaner, and McAfee.

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