Windows 10: Announcing Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus

Discus and support Announcing Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; Hi folks! I’ve some fantastic, earth-shattering-saving news: we’re announcing the global launch of Kaspersky Free, which, as you may have guessed by... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by Brink, Jul 25, 2017.

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Brink New Member
Announcing Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus
Hi folks!

I’ve some fantastic, earth-shattering-saving news: we’re announcing the global launch of Kaspersky Free, which, as you may have guessed by the title, is completely free-of-charge! Oh my giveaway!

We’ve been working on this release for a good year-and-a-half, with pilot versions in a few regions, research, analysis, tweaks and the rest of it, and out of all which we deduced the following:

The free antivirus won’t be competing with our paid-for versions. In our paid-for versions there are many extra features, like: Parental Control, Online Payment Protection, and Secure Connection (VPN), which easily justify the ~$50 for premium protection.

There are a lot of users who don’t have the ~$50 to spend on premium protection; therefore, they install traditional freebies (which have more holes than Swiss cheese for malware to slip through) or they even rely on Windows Defender (ye gods!).

An increase in the number of installations of Kaspersky Free will positively affect the quality of protection of all users, since the big-data-bases will have more numbers to work with to better hone the machine learning.

And based on those three deductions we realized we had to do one thing, and fast: roll out a KL freebie all over the planet!

Last year the product successfully piloted in the Russia-Ukraine-Belarus region, in China, and also in the Nordic countries (that’s Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, in case you were wondering). I say successfully… – that would be an understatement; for with practically zero promo activity Kaspersky Free was installed several million times, in doing so cranking up our market share considerably. Not that increasing market share is our aim; our aim is to raise the overall level of protection on the Internet. Anyway, here’s thanks to all KasperskyFree users for helping us save the world!

And on July 25 – for our 20th birthday – the product will start being officially launched!

The roll-out won’t be fully global instantaneously; it’s going to be done over four months in waves as per different regions. The first wave will be the U.S.A., Canada, and many of the Asia Pacific countries. September: India, Hong Kong, Middle East, Africa, Turkey and Latin America. October: Europe, Japan and South Korea. November: Vietnam and Thailand. And that, I do believe, will be it – the whole planet covered.

Briefly about the product…

It’s a version with all the bare essentials: file, email and web antivirus; automatic updates, self-defense; quarantine; and so on. This arsenal ensures convenient and safe web surfing (is it still surfing? Sounds a bit 90s to me), working with USB sticks and other portable storage media, and protection against both phishing and infected files being run. In short, the indispensable basics that no one on the planet should do without.

Kaspersky Free is also lighter on system resources and quicker than its big brothers. It’s based on the same technologies as those older brothers, which you all know always come out on top in independent testing. This means that, though it features just the bare basics, it still packs a punch – a punch we’re no less proud of. The same protection without compromise: we detect any cyberthreat regardless of its origin or intention – even if certain folks don’t like it. At the same time Kaspersky Free doesn’t come cut with all the usual nonsense like advertising-oriented user-habit tracking and confidentiality infringements – which free AV normally suffers badly from in order to make it financially worthwhile to its manufacturers.

Question? Comments? Suggestions? Let me know – below.

PS: We have plenty of other free utilities, you know; have a look – here!

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Source: KL AV for Free. Secure the Whole World Will Be. | Nota Bene: Eugene Kasperskys Official Blog

Kaspersky Free Download Page: https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/...virus-download

Kaspersky Free Direct Download: https://products.s.kaspersky-labs.co...aben_12579.exe

:)
Brink, Jul 25, 2017

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JAY_P.

Jay_P. Win User

How to effectively remove Malwares, adwares and viruses?

Thanks for your reply Robear. I upgraded my Win8.1 to Win10.

I had my Kaspersky Anti-Virus since last year. My Avast Internet Security was installed right after the problem started so as to assist my Kaspersky Anti-Virus, which was not enough to solve the problem. I also upgraded my Kaspersky Anti-Virus to a Win10-compatible
version when I checked the Kaspersky website and found out that there is a newer version to my existing Kaspersky Anti-Virus. However, both Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Avast Internet Security could not effectively address the problem. Hence, I uninstalled Google
Chrome and Avast Internet Security. Right now I'm using Microsoft Edge and Kaspersky Anti-Virus.

Jay_P., Jul 25, 2017

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JACK COOK - AKA HELP_LINE

Jack Cook - aka Help_Line Win User

Is there freeware Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware software for Windows Mobile?

Virus protection for mobile devices is not really a necessity at this time consequently there are few programs available and as far as I know, there are no FREE ones but
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Mobile is available and is FREE to try but then you must buy...$30
Kaspersky Anti Virus Mobile Windows Mobile Phone Edition - Free downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com

As far as I am aware there is NO anti virus from Microsoft but I am sure in time we will see virus' appear on mobile devices and then the protection will roll out quickly. Thanks for offering to come back and help contribute. It will be appreciated!

Jack Cook - aka Help_Line, Jul 25, 2017

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F14TOMCAT

f14tomcat Win User

Announcing Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus

I searched in there high and low. Could not find the "freebie", except a free VPN. Guess it hasn't quite made it to U.S. yet.....

f14tomcat, Jul 25, 2017

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Brink New Member

It's available to download from below. *Smile

*Arrow https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/...virus-download

Brink, Jul 25, 2017

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TAIRIKUOKAMI

TairikuOkami Win User

The best client AV for free, still hard to believe. Well I know, what I am going to do tomorrow. *Biggrin

TairikuOkami, Jul 25, 2017

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Brink New Member

Brink, Jul 25, 2017

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COMPUTIAC GUEST

COMPUTIAC Guest Win User

Announcing Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus

It's available to download from below. *Smile

*Arrow https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/...virus-download
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I have searched this link and there are only paid versions.

COMPUTIAC Guest, Jul 25, 2017

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Brink New Member

Odd. This is what I see at the link.

Brink, Jul 25, 2017

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HEWJR100

Hewjr100 Win User

COMPUTIAC try again, it is working for me.

Henry

Hewjr100, Jul 25, 2017

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SWARFEGA

swarfega Win User

This is unexpected but good news. I wonder if they are doing this now in response to the "bad" press they are getting from the US Administration.

swarfega, Jul 25, 2017

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COMPUTIAC GUEST

COMPUTIAC Guest Win User

Odd. This is what I see at the link.

Attachment 145560
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I get the main page, going to downloads shows only paid versions.

COMPUTIAC Guest, Jul 25, 2017

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F14TOMCAT

f14tomcat Win User

Announcing Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus

I get the main page, going to downloads shows only paid versions.

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*Ditto

f14tomcat, Jul 25, 2017

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ZOOBURNER

zooburner Win User

I get the main page, going to downloads shows only paid versions.

Click to expand...

Same here I only see paid for versions, maybe a US/Europe divide ?

zooburner, Jul 25, 2017

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COMPUTIAC GUEST

COMPUTIAC Guest Win User

COMPUTIAC try again, it is working for me.

Henry
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Can you post the link from the exact page you see ?

COMPUTIAC Guest, Jul 25, 2017

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