Avast Essential Business Security

Basic cybersecurity for your business

Help protect your data and devices from viruses, phishing and cyberattacks with an essential security solution for small businesses.

• Manage your security from anywhere with an online management platform.
• Strengthen device protection with next-generation antivirus and AI-powered threat detection.
• Prevent phishing and data leaks with a firewall and multiple protection modules.

Device protection

Protect your devices from malware infections. Get a next-generation antivirus solution from Avast that’s feature-rich and won’t slow down your business – so you can work with confidence.

• Protection for corporate devices

Get uninterrupted protection that helps keep viruses, spyware, phishing, ransomware, and other cyber threats away from your Windows PCs, Mac computers, and Windows servers.

• Protection against infected files, emails and websites

Our File System Protection, Email Protection, Web Protection and Real Site modules help prevent malware infections and phishing attacks. Behavioral Protection and AI-based CyberCapture help protect users from emerging cyber threats.

data protection

Prevent ransomware encryption and data leaks.

Protect your business and customer data from security breaches and downtime with our firewall and multiple protection modules. Multi-layered security helps prevent theft or disclosure of sensitive data.

• Protection against ransomware encryption

Our Ransomware Protection helps prevent files in protected folders from being tampered with, deleted, or encrypted by ransomware. Behavioral Protection monitors your devices for suspicious behavior that may indicate malicious code and unknown zero-day threats. Together with File System Protection and Web Protection, these modules give you peace of mind knowing that your business-critical data is more effectively protected from ransomware attacks.

• Keep your data away from cybercriminals

Our endpoint firewall and remote access protection help block unwanted access attempts, stop remote desktop protocol (RDP) exploits and brute force attacks from hackers, and prevent sensitive data from leaving your computers. The firewall monitors network traffic between your employees’ devices and the Internet, helping to protect your business data from unauthorized manipulation and transmission.

• Keep your passwords more secure

Protect your employees’ passwords stored in their browsers from theft.

Online security and privacy

Stay private and secure online. Protect your employees’ online privacy, login credentials and business data from cybercriminals.

• Secure your webcams

Don’t allow unauthorized applications and malware to access your employees’ Windows PC webcams without their consent.

• Protect your passwords

Prevent your passwords stored in the browser from being tampered with or stolen.

• Protection against fake websites and phishing

Real Site keeps your users away from fake phishing websites that seek to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details. Real Site is designed to protect users from Domain Name System (DNS) hijackings, making it safer for them to reach the website they want.

Remote administration

Manage your devices and security from anywhere. As your business grows, so do your security needs. Manage your devices and Avast security services from a web browser with a centralized online management platform – anytime, anywhere.

• A central status dashboard for your devices

Set up instant email or dashboard alerts based on each device’s status. A central dashboard and automated reports give you a comprehensive view of issues and cyber threats that affect individual devices and could spread to others.

• Device and IT security management

Manage thousands of devices, set up IT security services remotely, and apply or adjust IT policies.

• More secure access to every managed device

Use our IT tool to securely connect to all employee devices via the Avast Agent and remotely troubleshoot issues, perform tasks, reboot computers, transfer files, and chat with users.