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Why does www.avast.eu take me to the Avira website?
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I would imagine that Avira would be happy to sell the .eu domain name to Avast for a _reasonable_sum.
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On a more serious note as Avast is the trading name of Alwil Software, the presence of the site may result in some interesting publicity for both companies and the issuing authority.
I have a ticket in with Avast support asking for their explanation [Lights blue paper and runs away].
If I get any interesting replies will keep everyone informed
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On a more serious note as Avast is the trading name of Alwil Software, the presence of the site may result in some interesting publicity for both companies and the issuing authority.
I have a ticket in with Avast support asking for their explanation [Lights blue paper and runs away].
If I get any interesting replies will keep everyone informed
Yes Nigel, that would be interesting!
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HA!http://blog.avast.com/2010/03/29/why-does-www-avast-eu-take-me-to-the-avira-website%E2%80%A6-or-isn%E2%80%99t-security-built-on-trust/ said:
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Cause it has been hacked.
BTW avast forum is always infested with publicity bots, so...
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Why does www.avast.eu take me to the Avira website?
Posted: 29 Mar 2010
I found this interesting...
more..In this someone (or another company) uses the Avast name to sell their own products—real or fake. For example, a European might decide to download our product by going to www.avast.eu (.eu stands for the European Union). But if they do so, they will find themselves on the website for Avira—a completely different antivirus company. Of course there is nothing on the Avira website indicating to the user that they have been misled. While this is behavior one would expect from dodgy or fraudulent websites, Avira is actually a legitimate company and makes a very good antivirus product. Since Avira’s CEO and Attorney have ignored countless emails and phone calls, your guess is as good as mine as to why Avira is doing this. Maybe they are trying to irritate us. Maybe they believe the name is theirs. Or maybe they have found it profitable to mislead unsuspecting internet users.
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