Piriform software, which makes PC, Mac and Android devices clean, safe and run fast, is used by hundreds of millions of home and business users worldwide. Piriform are global leaders in system optimization software, founded in 2004 by Guy Saner and Lindsey Whelan. The Piriform team will be a part of the Avast consumer business unit, and report to Ondrej Vlcek, Avast CTO and EVP & GM, Consumer. We look forward to working with the Piriform team to grow the business together.”
“In today’s connected world, it’s all about speed and high performance, and with Piriform’s robust technology we can address this need perfectly. They are both known by advanced users as focused on performance, so we believe there will be a great interest from our CCleaner customers in using Avast security products and vice versa,” said Vince Steckler, CEO of Avast. Avast and CCleaner are the top two downloaded products on popular download sites. “We see many commonalities between CCleaner and Avast, allowing for great new products for our user bases. With the addition of CCleaner, Avast has dramatically expanded its product offerings in the PC and smartphone optimization market reaching customers around the world who demand faster performance. Avast will maintain the CCleaner brand of products along with Avast’s existing performance optimization products, Avast Cleanup and AVG Tune Up. CCleaner has an extensive and extremely loyal community of tech-savvy users, who need to speed up and optimize their PC and Android experience. Founded and based in London, UK, Piriform’s flagship product, CCleaner, speeds up PCs and smartphones by intelligently removing junk and improving the performance of computers and phones.ĬCleaner is a leading brand in the market, used by 130 million people, including 15 million Android users. Redwood City, California, J– Avast, the global leader in digital security products, today announced that it has acquired Piriform, the leading provider of device performance optimization software. Adding 130 million users to Avast’s performance optimization installed base
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