Kaspersky - Free version
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The free version includes “only antivirus protection for files, emails, and the web, along with table-stakes features like automatic updates and a quarantine for flagged files…Total Security suite also includes parental controls, online payment protection, and VPN access, which the free version lacks…” [from https://www.pcworld.com/article/3211055/security/kaspersky-announces-free-antivirus-program.html]
If I am using VPN, does that mean the free version would not work for me – meaning I would not be able to go to any web sites, retrieve/send emails, etc.??
TIA
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I wouldn’t use Kaspersky at all. Unless you want FSB to know what’s on your PC>
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We used to get lots of free after rebate Kaspersky from Staples.
They pulled it from their shelves.
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@phat200 I’m pretty sure that means that the free version doesn’t include a VPN client, unlike the paid version. There should be no reason that it won’t work if you’re using VPN.
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Sorry to be late with this:
10/5/17"Government ban
Software from Kaspersky Lab was removed from the U.S. General Services Administration approved list in July and in September, the Department of Homeland Security ordered federal agencies to stop using any software made by Kaspersky Lab because of concerns about the company’s ties to Russian intelligence."
https://wtop.com/tech/2017/10/column-uninstall-kaspersky-software/
Lots of free AV programs out there, so why take the chance of your PC being used illegally?
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@fmb1 said in Kaspersky - Free version:
Sorry to be late with this:
https://phatwalletforums.com/topic/2477/kaspersky-antivirus-hacked-by-russian-israeli-spies
