We have been hearing for decades about the need for protect our computers (and later, also our smartphones and tablets) against different threats such as spyware, viruses, malware and more recently, ransomware, a practice that "hijacks" your computer and leaves you without a single file unless you pay a ransom, although nothing guarantees that by paying you will get your things back.
Thus, throughout these years, lots and lots of antivirus for Windows have proliferated, many of them paid, others free, some even from renowned brands. And now, Kaspersky Lab is adding to this by abandoning, in part, its business model (protection against payment) to launch a free antivirus for Windows called KaSpersky Free.
Kaspersky Free, the free and limited protection from Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Free is free and limited version of one of the most popular and well-known antivirus for Windows that have existed for years, a great option that has the guarantee that already confers the prestige of Kaspersky Lab, and that can be very useful for those dimist users who do not save State secrets on your computer, but at the same time want and need to have the security that your data, files and others are safe.
But beware! The free antivirus that Kaspersky has launched is not for everyone because, as we have already said, it is a "light" version of the Premium version for which, yes you have to go through the box.
Kaspersky Free will carry out an exhaustive examination of our computer, it will scan the computer for all types of malware while protecting us from malicious files associated with web pages or attachments to received e-mails; With this free version we will also have protection in instant messaging services and, of course, automatic updates. As we said, this degree of basic protection is sufficient for the vast majority of home or "normal" users. What you will not get with it will be functions and features such as parental controls, online payment protection, VPN and more, all of them available after a subscription mode that is around fifty dollars.
Kaspersky Free is the new antivirus software for Windows released by Kapersky Labs completely free of charge, although with functions limited to a basic degree of protection
This protection is based on a database that is constantly updated in order that it can be effective detecting threats, but keep in mind that antivirus, none of them, are infallible. It is like "the whiting that bites its tail", malicious hackers are always one step ahead but having protection measures of this type is the best weapon we have.
If you want, you can download Kaspersky Free from the official website, but keep in mind that, for the moment, you will find everything in strict English, both the page and the software itself.
Because right now
It is not difficult to understand why Kaspersky has finally released a free version of its software after decades of remaining true to a paid business model. Experts say that it is not about feeling threatened by other independent and free antivirus, but that the trigger would have been "Defender". Windows 10 came with Defender pre-installed, totally free and to top it all, it has turned out to be quite effective and, logically, this is not good news for Kapersky and other paid antivirus companies. Furthermore, it occurs at a time when the company has been accused of being lukewarm in relation to the spying and piracy activities of the Russian government in the United States, so it is not by chance that this is where Kaspersky Free is released.
Although Kaspersky is not going to take advantage of these free versions, it has already hinted what you will win: market share and data. In fact, with just one hair test in Russia, Ukraine and some areas of Belarus, their market share rose from zero to millions. Y With more users around the world, Kaspersky will have more data that it can use to improve its machine learning system, and for who knows what else. So remember, "When a product is free, the product is you".