Avast and AVG do use the same antivirus engine, though, and have done so since long before the merger. Gen also owns AVG and Avira, but so far, all the brands continue to exist independently. In late 2022, Avast completed a merger with Norton, forming a new company called Gen Digital. The Avast One product line is the wave of the future. With the old suite, quite a few features, most notably the VPN, require a separate payment, whereas Avast One is an all-inclusive app. While Premium Security costs less than Avast One, it also gives you less. All of Avast’s existing products remain available for download or purchase, including the Avast Premium Security suite. However, the Platinum version, reviewed here, is available strictly in the US for the moment. The Avast One product line was initially released in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It can be expensive, especially if you aim to protect family members and not just one individual, but LifeLock is the OG of identity protection.

It’s available at three levels, each tier going up in price, the number of suite and VPN licenses, and the depth of identity theft coverage. Our current Editors’ Choice for security with identity theft is Norton 360 With LifeLock.

Avast One Platinum is the latest of these, and it covers all the bases, including personal attention from what the company calls a Dedicated Resolution Specialist in the event you suffer identity theft. Recognizing this, many security companies have begun offering subscriptions that include both traditional device-level security and defenses against identity theft. A powerful security suite fends off malware infestations and protects your devices in a variety of ways, but not every threat to security and privacy happens on your local device-you can maintain the best security suite in the world and still fall victim to identity theft because someone else slipped up, resulting in a data breach.

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