Avira

47°39′42.613″N 9°35′31.371″E / 47.66183694°N 9.59204750°E / 47.66183694; 9.59204750

Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer software
PredecessorAntiVir PersonalProducts
Avira
H+BEDV Datentechnik Edit this on Wikidata
FoundedGermany (1986)
FounderTjark Auerbach
Headquarters,
Key people
Travis Witteveen – CEO
ProductsSecurity software
Revenue68,752,960.49 Euro (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
1,551,187.96 Euro (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
500+[1]
ParentGen Digital
Websitewww.avira.com

Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG is a German multinational computer security software company mainly known for its Avira Free Security antivirus software. Although founded in 2006, the Avira antivirus application has been under active development since 1986 through its predecessor company H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH. Since 2021, Avira has been owned by American software company NortonLifeLock (now Gen Digital), which also operates Norton, Avast and AVG. It was previously owned by investment firm Investcorp.

The company also has offices in the United States, China, Romania, and Japan.[2]

  1. ^ a b "About Avira". Avira.com. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Avira Contacts Page". Avira.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.