Apparently even the Vatican does it - along with 774,649 others. The what? They've all been using stolen license keys for the Pro version of AVAST antivirus. The key, licensed to an unnamed company located in Arizona, somehow wound up on various file sharing sites. AVAST noticed that the particular license key was being used far too many times and decided to take a wait-and-see approach.
"We made a decision to see just how viral this one license for avast! Pro Antivirus could be. The answer is 'very'," said Vince Steckler, CEO of AVAST Software. "Now we are in the process of converting these pirates over to legal products."
According to a press release issued by AVAST, "the license has been used in over 200 countries ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe" (including the two in Vatican City). The company is now in the process of popping up alerts on the stolen copies, offering to convert them to a legitimate version.
What makes this story particularly ironic is that Avast has always offered a free version of their Avast Antivirus. So remember, thou shalt not steal and if you can't afford antivirus software, there are plenty of free antivirus from which to choose. And for those who did steal, be grateful that AVAST has a sense of humor.
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