Kaspersky Free, yes you read that right: Security company Kaspersky has just announced a free antivirus called Kaspersky Free. The new app comes with the basic package of features 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, US, Canada and Kazakhstan, while countries like the UK, France, Italy and Spain will get the security software in October.
“With this practice Kaspersky Free will be installed millions of times, making the application significantly outperform 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 English versionof Kaspersky Free today.
Concerning the characteristics, you can get the essential features including award-winning antivirus engine to scan local files, internet anti-virus to monitor web traffic, scripts and other online threats, Malicious messages and phishing attempts ) and mail antivirus that helps block threats commonly spread via email
All other tools, such as firewall, private browsing, and application testing, are only available as part of Kaspersky Internet Security.
Kaspersky says its free antivirus is very light on system resources and faster than others products its security because it doesn't have as many built-in features. There are no ads, although you are required to purchase the entire Kaspersky Internet Security if you want more features.
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
