kaspersky free

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by Blomberg1985, Jul 4, 2016.

  1. ance

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  3. imuade

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    Unfortunately not... no italian, no french, no spanish... :doubt:
     
  4. Macstorm

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    It seems that the free version is offered only in countries where K is interested in selling their products (sounds pretty obvious, I know).
     
  5. imuade

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    yeah, maybe countries where they don't have a big share with their paid products
     
  6. sukarof

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    I doubt Kaspersky doesnt want to sell their products to english speaking countries
    That makes more sense..
     
  7. Macstorm

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    No, I meant that K refuses (by now) to offer its free version to english speaking countries where the brand is widely known and has a captive audience, which is understandable.
     
  8. solitarios

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    Still waiting for the international version.
     
  9. JohnBurns

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    Maybe that is a good thing for English speaking users! Who knows what is going on with Russia right now.
     
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    It's been 7 years since this article published and Kaspersky's policy is 180° change, what a surprise :argh:
     
  11. NormanF

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    Their KAR tool is free. It has the behavioral blocker System Watcher and intelligent AV cloud scanning to block rapidly evolving
    ransomware.
     
  12. ance

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    I hope you are patient otherwise I recommend learning Norwegian ... :geek:
     
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    Works for me.
     
  16. NormanF

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    I keep getting redirected to usa.kaspersky.com and its not shown.
     
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    A deeper link:
    https://products.s.kaspersky-labs.com/english/homeuser/kfa2018/kfa18.0.0.405aben_12579.exe
     
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  19. NormanF

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    Thanks. Installed KAV Free - the installer stub downloaded the full application. Be advised it uninstalls KAR since they're incompatible.
     
  20. NormanF

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    Two points from CEO Eugene Kaspersky:

     
  21. NormanF

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    Mine is running a rootkit scan. :p
     
  22. imuade

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    Does it have a kind of BB or whitelist mode?
     
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    Kaaspersky AV Free does disable Windows Defender.

    Don't check the detect remove box for remote programs because it'll disable Process Hacker 2.
     
  25. NormanF

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    System Watcher is not included in KAV Free so you'll have install another anti-ransomware program. KAR is incompatible with KAV Free.
     
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