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No easy cure for Quick Heal

Quick Heal gets more than 80% of its revenue from the retail antivirus segment. Growing competition and abundant freeware have hurt its growth. Since its IPO, the company’s earnings have remained flat. Where does Quick Heal go from here?

14/08/18

Sidhartha Shukla

Antivirus software company Quick Heal is as old as public internet in India

It has maintained the top spot in the consumer retail segment for over two decades

But the abundance of freeware and increased competition has disrupted Quick Heal’s business

Earnings are a reflection of this disruption and have remained flat since its IPO

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What do antivirus software provider Quick Heal Technologies and public internet services in India have in common? The year 1995. It’s when public internet services first began in India, and also when Quick Heal released its first antivirus product for Windows 3.1. Soon after its birth alongside the retail internet, Quick Heal went on to…

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