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avast! antivirus is the multi-award winning antivirus program developed by ALWIL Software a.s. based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was first released in 1988 and was one of the first on-access antivirus programs to be released for Windows x64 edition. avast! antivirus is based on a central scanning engine which is certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Lab's Checkmark process. It incorporates anti-spyware technology, also certified by West Coast Lab's Checkmark process, as well as anti-rootkit and strong self-protection capabilities. It is a multiple recipient of the Virus Bulletin VB100 Award, for detection of 100% of "in-the-wild" viruses and is a past winner of the Secure Computing Readers' Trust Award.
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