Lavasoft

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Lavasoft

Type	Private limited company
Founded	Germany (1999)
Headquarters	Gothenburg, Sweden
Key people	Jason King, CEO
Products	Ad-Aware 2008 Lavasoft Personal Firewall Lavasoft Digital Lock Lavasoft File Shredder Lavasoft Privacy Toolbox
Website	www.lavasoft.com

Lavasoft or, more formally, Lavasoft AB, is a software development corporation often referred to as the “original” anti‐spyware company. Its signature product, Ad‐Aware, has been downloaded more than 350 million times worldwide.

The company offers a free, downloadable version of Ad‐Aware titled Ad‐Aware 2008 Free and three commercial versions called Ad‐Aware 2008 Plus, Ad‐Aware 2008 Pro, and Ad-Aware Enterprise 2.0. Other Lavasoft products include Lavasoft Digital Lock, Lavasoft File Shredder, Lavasoft Personal Firewall, 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.

The company is run by CEO Jason King; former CEO Ann‐Christine Åkerlund and Nicolas Stark are still partners. Lavasoft is a private company with 4,000 partners in over 120 countries.