Lavasoft

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Lavasoft
Type Private limited company
Founded Germany (1999)
Headquarters Gothenburg, Sweden
Products Ad-Aware
Lavasoft Digital Lock
Lavasoft File Shredder
Lavasoft Privacy Toolbox
Website www.lavasoft.com

Lavasoft is a software development company that produces anti‐spyware software,[1] including Ad‐Aware.

The company offers a free, downloadable version of Ad‐Aware titled Ad‐Aware Free Antivirus+ and three commercial versions called, Ad‐Aware Personal Security, and Ad-Aware Pro Security.[2] Other Lavasoft products include Lavasoft Digital Lock, Lavasoft File Shredder, Lavasoft Privacy Toolbox, and Lavasoft Registry Tuner.

Lavasoft’s headquarters has been located in Gothenburg, Sweden, since 2002. Nicolas Stark and Ann-Christine Åkerlund established the company in Germany in 1999 with its flagship Ad-Aware product. Lavasoft was, in January 2011, acquired by the Solaria Fund.[3]

Contents

Products

  • Anti-malware products: Ad-Aware
    • Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+
    • Ad-Aware Personal Security
    • Ad-Aware Pro Security
  • Lavasoft Digital Lock
  • Lavasoft File Shredder
  • Lavasoft Privacy ToolBox - the toolbox contains; Lavasoft File Shredder; Lavasoft Digital Lock and Lavasoft Encryption Reader (free).

Controversies

The Company was acquired in January 2011 by the Solaria Fund, apparently a private equity fund.[3] It was soon discovered that the Fund was actually a cover-up for the entrepreneurs (Daniel Assouline and Michael Dadoun) behind UpClick and Interactive Brands.

References

  1. ^ "About Lavasoft". Lavasoft. Retrieved 2012-05-25. 
  2. ^ "Ad-Aware - Antivirus software with virus and spyware removal". Lavasoft. Retrieved 2012-05-25. 
  3. ^ a b "Solaria Fund acquires software business from Lavasoft - Mannheimer Swartling". Mannheimerswartling.se. 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2012-05-25. 

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