AVG's virus lab is centered in Brno, Czech Republic.
The city of Brno in the Czech Republic is a place people go to learn. Situated some 130 miles southeast of Prague, its 11 universities host approximately 80,000 students, many of whom are computer engineers. So it's no surprise that while AVG's corporate offices are headquartered back in Prague, Brno hosts the lifeblood of the company: the virus lab.
Although consumer computer security has grown tremendously in the past five years--with nearly all the major security suite makers including some form of community-based protection, URL verification, or phishing prevention to accompany more traditional tools like firewalls and antispam measures--antivirus detection remains the quintessential PC security feature.
AVG's Brno office is located in an complex that also hosts computer security vendorTrustPort, as well as a home appliance manufacturer. In most ways, the AVG offices on the sixth floor could be the offices of any software company. There's a game room with foosball and table hockey; a small library with muted lighting; a playroom for the children of AVG employees; and relaxation spaces designed to resemble places not often seen in the heart of central Europe, like beaches festooned with hammocks. The walls of one of the eating areas has been painted to resemble a Starbucks, complete with a massive Starbucks logo.
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