Avast Software s.r.o.
E367569
Avast Software s.r.o. is a Czech cybersecurity company best known for its antivirus and internet security products for consumers and businesses worldwide.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Avast | 11 |
| Avast Antivirus | 2 |
| Avast Software s.r.o. canonical | 2 |
| AVG | 1 |
| Avast Business Antivirus | 1 |
| Avast One | 1 |
| Avast security products | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3547103 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Avast Software s.r.o. Context triple: [Avast Secure Browser, developer, Avast Software s.r.o.]
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A.
Trend Micro
Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity company known for its antivirus, cloud security, and enterprise threat protection solutions.
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B.
AVG
AVG refers to the American Volunteer Group, the World War II unit of volunteer U.S. pilots famously known as the Flying Tigers who flew for China against Japan before America’s official entry into the war.
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C.
Comodo Group
Comodo Group is a cybersecurity company best known for its SSL certificates, internet security software, and secure web browser products.
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D.
Symantec
Symantec is a cybersecurity and software company best known for its Norton antivirus products and enterprise security solutions.
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E.
Avast Secure Browser
Avast Secure Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed by Avast that emphasizes security features like built-in ad blocking, anti-tracking, and protection against malicious websites.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Avast Software s.r.o. Target entity description: Avast Software s.r.o. is a Czech cybersecurity company best known for its antivirus and internet security products for consumers and businesses worldwide.
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A.
Trend Micro
Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity company known for its antivirus, cloud security, and enterprise threat protection solutions.
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B.
AVG
AVG refers to the American Volunteer Group, the World War II unit of volunteer U.S. pilots famously known as the Flying Tigers who flew for China against Japan before America’s official entry into the war.
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C.
Comodo Group
Comodo Group is a cybersecurity company best known for its SSL certificates, internet security software, and secure web browser products.
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D.
Symantec
Symantec is a cybersecurity and software company best known for its Norton antivirus products and enterprise security solutions.
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E.
Avast Secure Browser
Avast Secure Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed by Avast that emphasizes security features like built-in ad blocking, anti-tracking, and protection against malicious websites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cybersecurity company
ⓘ
private company ⓘ software company ⓘ |
| acquired | AVG Technologies ⓘ |
| acquisitionTarget | AVG Technologies ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| brand |
Avast Software s.r.o.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Avast
|
| country | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
internet privacy
ⓘ
malware protection ⓘ phishing protection ⓘ ransomware protection ⓘ |
| formerName | ALWIL Software ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Eduard Kučera
ⓘ
Pavel Baudiš ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor | ALWIL Software ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
AVG Technologies
ⓘ
Piriform Ltd. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Prague ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| industry |
antivirus software
ⓘ
computer security ⓘ internet security software ⓘ |
| legalForm | společnost s ručením omezeným ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Gen Digital
ⓘ
surface form:
Gen Digital Inc.
|
| notableSoftware |
Avast Free Antivirus
ⓘ
surface form:
Avast Antivirus
CCleaner ⓘ |
| offers |
VPN services
ⓘ
business security software ⓘ consumer security software ⓘ endpoint protection ⓘ privacy tools ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Gen Digital
ⓘ
surface form:
Gen Digital Inc.
|
| product |
Avast Software s.r.o.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Avast Antivirus
Avast Software s.r.o. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Avast Business Antivirus
Avast Free Antivirus ⓘ Avast Mobile Security ⓘ Avast Premium Security ⓘ Avast Secure Browser ⓘ Avast SecureLine VPN ⓘ CCleaner ⓘ |
| stockExchange | London Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
enterprises
ⓘ
home users ⓘ small businesses ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | AVST ⓘ |
| wentPublicOn | 2018 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Avast Software s.r.o. Description of subject: Avast Software s.r.o. is a Czech cybersecurity company best known for its antivirus and internet security products for consumers and businesses worldwide.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Avast
this entity surface form:
Avast Antivirus
this entity surface form:
Avast security products
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Avast
this entity surface form:
Avast
this entity surface form:
Avast
this entity surface form:
AVG
this entity surface form:
Avast
this entity surface form:
Avast
this entity surface form:
Avast One
this entity surface form:
Avast Antivirus
this entity surface form:
Avast Business Antivirus
this entity surface form:
Avast
this entity surface form:
Avast
this entity surface form:
Avast
this entity surface form:
Avast