Avira Selected for Facebook’s AV Marketplace

PALO ALTO, Calif. & TETTNANG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Security expert Avira announced today that Facebook has selected Avira to be included in its Facebook AV Marketplace. Avira’s top-rated antivirus security software, Avira Free Antivirus will now be offered to Facebook’s more than 1 billion active users.

“Over the past eight years Facebook has sought to provide a secure experience for its over billion strong community to share and connect”

In addition, Avira will contribute posts to the Facebook Security blog and provide security threat warnings and blacklist information to Facebook’s URL blacklist system.

Avira Free Antivirus has received an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on thirteen independent reviews. The software provides protection from malware including viruses, worms, rootkits and spyware, and includes a toolbar featuring Website Safety Advisor and Browser Tracking Blocker.

“Over the past eight years Facebook has sought to provide a secure experience for its over billion strong community to share and connect,” said Joe Sullivan, chief security officer for Facebook. “Today we add another layer of protection to our site integrity systems with Avira's data on malicious websites and the expansion of the AV Marketplace to include Avira's anti-virus software will empower users to better protect their devices and data.”

The Facebook AV Marketplace was created in April of this year and is accessible from the Facebook Security Facebook page.

“As a member of the AV Marketplace, Avira will help protect Facebook users and make the web a safe place to connect with family and friends,” said Noah Kindler, VP of technology operations, Americas at Avira, Inc.

About Facebook

Founded in 2004, Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what's going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them.

About Avira

Avira wants its customers to ‘live free’ from spyware, phishing, viruses and other internet-based threats. The company was founded 25 years ago on Tjark Auerbach's promise to “make software that does good things for my friends and family.” More than 100 million consumers and small businesses now depend upon Avira’s security expertise and award-winning antivirus software, making the company the number-two market share leader globally. Avira provides IT-security protection to computers, smartphones, servers and networks, delivered as both software and cloud-based services.

In addition to protecting the online world, Avira's CEO promotes well-being in the offline world through the Auerbach Foundation, which supports charitable and social projects. The philosophy of the foundation is to help people to help themselves.

For more information, please visit www.avira.com or join the community at www.facebook.com/avira.