Avast is a Czech Republic-based security company with over 435 million users. They offer antivirus, identity theft protection, and a VPN service. NortonLifeLock is a US security company with over 80 million users. The CMA also found that security applications provided by Microsoft, which holds a unique position in the market as the owner of the Windows operating system, offer increasingly important alternatives for consumers. However, in August 2022, the CMA came to the conclusion that the merger didn’t raise competition issues in the UK, citing Microsoft’s growing array of cybersecurity products as one reason.Īccording to the CMA, these products – along with services from rivals such as McAfee – means that everyone has become less reliant on NortonLifeLock or Avast. As both companies are cybersecurity players with products spanning antivirus, identity protection, VPNs, and more, it may be true that competition might have raised some eyebrows when it came to the merger. The merger was firstly revealed in August 2021, with CMA declaring in March 2022 that it is starting an investigation as the combining of these two market giants has raised competition concerns.
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