Kaspersky Free, yes you read well: Kaspersky Security Company has just announced a free antivirus called Kaspersky Free. The new app is accompanied by the basic feature pack to prevent malware and protect your computer.
Kaspersky Free has already been tested in several markets (Russia, Ukraine, China and Sweden) without any formal announcement. The Russian company said the user feedback was extremely positive, indicating that global traffic is needed.
However, the debut of the new freeware antivirus will take place gradually, in July in the largest global markets, USA, Canada and Kazakhstan, while countries such as the UK, France, Italy and Spain will get the software security in October.
“With this practice Kaspersky Free will be installed millions times, making the app significantly outpace our market share. Not that increasing market share is our goal. Our goal is to increase the overall level of protection on the Internet," explains company founder Eugene Kaspersky.
The majority of users can already download the English version of Kaspersky Free today.
In terms of features, you can get the essential features including the award-winning antivirus engine to scan local files, anti-virus online to track web traffic, scripts and other online threats, Malware and e-mail efforts. " phishing and antivirus mail that helps eliminate threats that are commonly spread by email
All other tools like firewall, private tour και ο έλεγχος εφαρμογών, είναι διαθέσιμα μόνο ως μέρος του Kaspersky Internet Security.
Kaspersky says its free antivirus is too light for system resources and faster than its other security products because it does not have so many built-in features. There are no ads, although you are prompted to buy the entire Kaspersky Internet Security if you want more functionality.
Without a doubt, Kaspersky Free will be a very strong opponent in popular free antivirus products such as Avast, but the biggest target for the Russian company seems to be Windows Defender.
https://www.kaspersky.com/free-antivirus
