Tag: Avast

Consumer antivirus company NortonLifeLock has entered an agreement to purchase competitor Avast in a deal valued between $8.1bn and $8.6bn.

Anti-virus software company Avast has seen its shares surge since the spread of the coronavirus, which the company's boss thinks other cybersecurity will experience too.

Avast Cybersecurity and the Czech counterintelligence service BIS has reportedly identified a network attack on the company which is believed to have originated from China.