sman Posted February 24, 2016 ID:1021347 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Kaspersky has been toying with a free version of its widely respected antivirus solution for a while now on the company's own Dev Builds server. Recently, the company released Kaspersky Free to the public. While not the first free product that Kaspersky has released, it is the first free full-blown antivirus solution the company has released. The main caveat at this time is that the product has only been released official in Russia and the Ukraine.While that is the case, downloads don't seem to be geo-restricted at this point in time. Please note though that the interface is mostly in Russian which is problematic if you don't speak the language considering that it is usually a good thing to understand what a security message means before reacting to it. Also, you may run into activation issues if you run the program in a region that is not Russia or Ukraine. If that is the case, features are limited until those issues are resolved (for instance by using a VPN). Kaspersky Free AntivirusKaspersky Free is limited when compared to the commercial Kaspersky Internet Security, but that is the case for all free offerings regardless of company. The free version of the security program protects users against malicious software and websites but lacks advanced features such as parental controls, mobile application support or Internet payment protection. Read on in ..http://www.ghacks.net/2016/01/14/kaspersky-free-antivirus-released/ .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted February 24, 2016 ID:1021351 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I expect big things from Kaspersky's free Antivirus to be honest. Can't wait for the English release. It's the second company now that releases a free version of their products (Sophos being the first). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sman Posted February 24, 2016 Author ID:1021362 Share Posted February 24, 2016 More on this in http://www.cyberkey.in/kaspersky-launched-free-antivirus-russia-ukraine/ Quote.. "So you will see that you will get full protection from malicious software and website with proper automatic updates" Unquote.. Kaspersky Free Antivirus FeaturesKaspersky Free Antivirus is free antivirus with 365 days validity providing a basic security with some limited feature apart from their Internet Security. Let’s check the difference between Kaspersky Free Antivirus and Kaspersky Internet Security. So you can see in Kaspersky Free Antivirus you will get full protection from malicious software and website with proper automatic updates. That’s a nice move providing a free basic security but you will miss advanced features like parental controls, mobile application support or Internet payment protection. If you really need these advanced features then you can upgrade to Internet Security anytime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted February 24, 2016 ID:1021385 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I expect big things from Kaspersky's free Antivirus to be honest. Can't wait for the English release. It's the second company now that releases a free version of their products (Sophos being the first). I knew they had a MAC version for free, but was not aware they had a Windows Free Version... (then again I had not looked in quite some time) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted February 24, 2016 ID:1021407 Share Posted February 24, 2016 My question will be how aggressive are the "nag's" to buy the paid version? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted February 24, 2016 ID:1021411 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Well, as long as you can limit the nags, it should be good. And yes, Sophos Home is like less than a month old. Alex, a Marketing Rep for Sophos created a thread on BleepingComputer to answer questions about the product Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted February 24, 2016 ID:1021466 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Well, as long as you can limit the nags, it should be good. And yes, Sophos Home is like less than a month old. Alex, a Marketing Rep for Sophos created a thread on BleepingComputer to answer questions about the product Would you happen to have the link handy for the thread over at Bleeping? Edit: Found the topic HERE Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormeron Posted March 23, 2016 ID:1027906 Share Posted March 23, 2016 On 2/24/2016 at 2:51 PM, Aura said: I expect big things from Kaspersky's free Antivirus to be honest. Can't wait for the English release. It's the second company now that releases a free version of their products (Sophos being the first). While this is news, I do not quite understand why you consider it the second to release a free antivirus, bitdefender launched a long while ago a free version, avast always had one... the list goes on. Kaspersky will be a great addition to the home users availability of a good antivirus product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted March 23, 2016 ID:1027907 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Sorry it seems that I misworded my previous statement. Kaspersky is the second Antivirus company with paid products to release a free Antivirus lately. Sophos did it a month or two before them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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