Talk:AVG Technologies

Reason for copyright claim of Youtube video?

Care to explain why AVG would claim that this song belongs to them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.253.186.62 (talk) 15:53, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Simple Question

What, if anything, does "AVG" stand for?

Basesurge (talk) 15:15, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

The company is named for the software (press release for the name change from Grisoft to AVG Technologies). And the software used to be named "Anti-Virus Guard" according to Wikipedia. --YMS (talk) 14:42, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Headquarters

As the website shows ([1], [2]), AVG's headquarters are in Amsterdam, and thus it's not a "Czech company", as the article states. This has already been the case when Grisoft renamed to AVG in 2008 ([3]: "The parent company is now AVG Technologies N.V." / "The Czech Republic-based company is now AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.") and most likely even before ([4], 2006: "Grisoft International, a leading international anti-virus software producer based in Amsterdam (Netherlands), has opened an extended call centre in Brno"), however, I could not find out when exactly the company moved. It would be great if someone could change the introduction and add the (correctly dated) move to the history section. --YMS (talk) 13:55, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

The AVG I am dealing with for some years now is headquartered in Amsterdam. Peter Horn User talk 02:32, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

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AVG Technologies CZ vs AVG Technologies mixing

Please note that AVG Technologies, N.V. and AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. are two separated entities, while AVG Technologies CZ is subsidiary of AVG Technologies, N.V. In 2015 consolidated revenue of AVG Technologies, N.V. was $428 mil., while AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. has revenue 1,774 mil. CZK (app. $70 mil.), thus AVG Technologies, N.V. is not just holding company.--Jklamo (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Proposed draft for review

My name is Charlotte Empey and I work for Avast, which now owns AVG. I would like to share a draft I am proposing as a replacement for the current article that would:

• Replace all the press releases in the history section with content cited to independent journalists
• Replace the product directory in the Products section with a short prose-style summary
• Trim the mostly un-sourced Partnership section
• Merge and reduce the Controversies section into the rest of the article

I want to do right by Wikipedia and was hoping an independent editor would take a look and provide any feedback. The draft mostly represents general quality improvements. However, I wanted to draw special attention to the bolded areas in the draft, where the Controversies section has been shortened and merged into the rest of the article. If an independent editor only has time to look at the Controversies, I want to make sure no one feels I'm trying to put AVG in an unfairly positive light.

Thank you in advance to anyone who spends the time to check it out. Empey at Avast (talk) 18:24, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

I disagree with your proposed draft as written. "Merge and reduce" is an understatement regarding the Controversy section; the first paragraph regarding the bizarre takedown request would be reduced to two sentences that would be hidden within another paragraph between the IPO and the CEO change, and the second paragraph regarding AVG Secure Search having been criticized as being adware would be completely deleted. This certainly does feel like you're trying to put your company in an unfairly positive light. --Geniac (talk) 02:15, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Geniac:. I think the best thing for me to do in these circumstances is to avoid the controversies altogether and just improve the rest of the article. I’ve revised the proposed draft to leave the Controversies section as-is while sticking to the less controversial general quality and comprehensiveness improvements where my conflict of interest is less of a factor. Please let me know what you think. Empey at Avast (talk) 21:26, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

The Controversy section was my initial and primary concern, so I am agreeable to leaving it as is. I am not familiar with the computer security realm, so I have asked for further input from the folks at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computer Security. --Geniac (talk) 22:55, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Promotional level is similar to the original article... however, with such better sourcing, no objection from me. I agree COI editor certainly should not touch a controversy section. Pavlor (talk) 05:21, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks @Pavlor:. I implemented the proposed draft, since it is of vastly better quality than the current version and at least not more promotional. However, since you indicated you felt it still had some promotional issues, I would be interested in any feedback you have on areas that need further improvement. Empey at Avast (talk) 17:21, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Article POV is in line with "company success story" (overall feeling, there are no really "offending" phrases), but I don´t think you can do more. Let non-COI editors balance the article - if they feel the need. Well done! Pavlor (talk) 17:33, 30 August 2019 (UTC)