Over time, Symantec may begin to fuse the offerings, providing users with the best of both worlds. In December 2020, it announced the acquisition of Avira antivirus, and in August 2021, it announced that it would acquire Avast, which itself acquired AVG a few years prior.Ĭonfused? Essentially, both Norton and Avast are owned by the same parent company but the technologies remain different.
Symantec acquired LifeLock identity protection in 2017, which led to its name change of NortonLifeLock. Norton has been around for 28 years and since 2001, it has been owned by Symantec Corporation in California.Īvast is an antivirus brand from the Czech Republic and one of the largest user bases on the market.
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