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AVG's consumer antivirus and mobile security app for Android devices. Supported platforms are Android. Among the capabilities recorded for it are malware detection and web protection. It is aimed at Consumer buyers. AVG AntiVirus for Android is offered on a freemium basis, with a free tier and paid plans.

Current Version
26.18.0.261002870
Market
Consumer
Licence
Free tier available
Price
Free · paid plans
Record Created
2026-09-19
Last Updated
2026-10-20

Vendor

AVG was founded in 1991 in Brno, then Czechoslovakia, by Tomáš Hofer and Jan Gritzbach as Grisoft. The brand is an abbreviation of its first product, Anti-Virus Guard, released in 1992; the company took the product's name in 2008 and listed in New York in 2012. It has not been independent since 2016, when Avast — another Czech antivirus company, 200 kilometres away in Prague — bought it for 1.3 billion dollars. Avast in turn merged with NortonLifeLock in 2022 to form Gen Digital, so AVG, Avast and Norton are today three brands of one American-listed company, all three of which are listed separately in this index. The products keep the AVG name: AVG AntiVirus FREE, AVG Internet Security and AVG Ultimate for households, with AVG AntiVirus for Android and macOS editions, and AVG AntiVirus Business Edition and AVG Internet Security Business Edition for small organisations. The free tier is the one most people meet, and it is a full scanner rather than a trial. Since the Avast acquisition the two brands have shared a detection engine, so their laboratory results tend to track each other closely — worth knowing before reading an AVG score and an Avast score as two independent opinions. Vendor page →

Website
avg.com
Country
Czechia
Headquarters
Brno, Czechia
Year Established
1991
Customers
Not known
Users
200M users
Revenue
≈ $77.0M (2016)

Platforms

Androidnative

Target Market

Consumer primary

Capabilities

Malware Detectionkeynative
Anti-TheftkeyNot known
App Privacy Auditkeynative
Web Protectionkeynative
Scam Call & SMS Protectionkeyoptional module
Central Management ConsoleNot known

2 of 6 not yet known — not recorded, which is not the same as not supported.

Pricing

PlanLicencePriced perBilledPrice
SummaryFree tier availablenot statedno recurring chargeNot known

Versions

  • 26.18.0.261002870Androidreleased 2026-10-06

The newest release each source names per platform, not every release the vendor has shipped. A release date is shown only where one is recorded.

Independent Tests

Not tested This product does not appear in any test run CSI holds. That is not a low score.

Certifications

Not known

Change History

This record was created 2026-09-19. Everything below is what has changed since.

  • 2026-10-20New versionNew version: 26.18.0.261002870 (Android)evidence
  • 2026-10-13Capability addedScam Call & SMS Protection: optional moduleevidence
  • 2026-10-13Capability addedApp Privacy Audit: built inevidence
  • 2026-10-13Product updatedListed in Mobile Securityevidence
  • 2026-10-01Product updatedListed in Free Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-23Capability addedWeb Protection: built inevidence
  • 2026-09-23Capability addedMalware Detection: built inevidence
  • 2026-09-23Pricing plan addedPrice: free tier availableevidence
  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Home Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product createdNew product listedevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product updatedSold to: Consumerevidence
  • 2026-09-19Platform addedRuns on Androidevidence

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