{"id":3640,"date":"2017-07-26T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2017-07-26T07:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:12:00","slug":"kaspersky-launches-free-antivirus-software-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=3640","title":{"rendered":"Kaspersky launches free antivirus software for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p>Following more than a year of testing in a small number of regions, Kaspersky has finally launched its free\u00a0antivirus\u00a0software\u00a0for\u00a0Windows\u00a0PCs. It promises award-winning protection from infections and online safeguarding \u2014 without slowing down your system.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nObviously you don\u2019t get all the features you would normally receive when you pay for Kaspersky; things like identity protection, extra security for online banking, parental controls, and technical support are missing. But you do get the basic tools you need to protect your computer against malicious files and online phishing attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Kaspersky Free automatically blocks dangerous downloads and warns you when you visit malicious websites. Every email you open is scanned for viruses and phishing links, and anything suspicious is blocked. Real-time\u00a0cloud\u00a0data means your\u00a0PC\u00a0is always protected from the latest threats, and\u00a0software\u00a0optimizations mean Kaspersky Free won\u2019t slow you down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s the catch? Well, Kaspersky Free isn\u2019t littered with ads and sponsored popups like other\u00a0antivirus\u00a0solutions you don\u2019t have to pay for. In return for protecting your\u00a0PC\u00a0for free, it simply uses the data you contribute to improve machine learning across all its products. So by using Kaspersky Free, you\u2019re helping to improve the entire Kaspersky suite.<\/p>\n<p>The worldwide rollout starts this week in the U.S., Canada, and most Asia-Pacific regions. Other countries will then be added in September, October, and November. There\u2019s no word on plans to support other operating systems, such as\u00a0macOS\u00a0and Linux, just yet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"attribution\"><label>SOURCE:<\/label>\u00a0<a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/free-antivirus\">KASPERSKY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery_1\" class=\"container gallery\" data-gallery=\"1\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following more than a year of testing in a small number of regions, Kaspersky has finally launched its free\u00a0antivirus\u00a0software\u00a0for\u00a0Windows\u00a0PCs. It promises award-winning protection from infections and online safeguarding \u2014 without slowing down your system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}