NortonLifeLock says that it’ll merge with Avast in a money and inventory deal price between $8.1B and $8.6B (Tiernan Ray/ZDNet)

Tiernan Ray / ZDNet:

NortonLifeLock says that it’ll merge with Avast in a money and inventory deal price between $8.1B and $8.6B  —  The 2 firms mentioned they may create a “new, industry-leading client Cyber Security enterprise.”  —  Antivirus vendor NortonLifeLock this afternoon mentioned it would merge …