Kaspersky Free AV

[Ahhzz]

Anyone going to comment on the new release of Kaspersky Free AV?

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https://usa.kaspersky.com/free-antivirus?cid=usa_acq-freekasp_leg_ona_oth__onl_acq__lnk_______

 

[Divide Overflow]

No thanks. I'm holding out for the free AV program from North Korea!

 

[rtwjunkie]

Anyone going to comment on the new release of Kaspersky Free AV?

*** quick edit to remove the wrong web link

Spoiler

https://usa.kaspersky.com/free-antivirus?cid=usa_acq-freekasp_leg_ona_oth__onl_acq__lnk_______

Didn't realize they had one out. At this point I've got paid solutions all around, so I don't feel a need to test. Probably I will await some comprehensive reviews before trying.

 

[jboydgolfer]

At this point I've got paid solutions

yeah me too. I no longer feel comfortable running free A/V programs. for $15+ / year you can get MBAM for 3 separate PC's. whats to think about there?

 

[JalleR]

MS has its hands up my A...... and know anything regarding my "private" life, so i see no reason to give it to the russians as well

 

[qubit]

This looks interesting. I won't be trying it though, since I've got the latest Kaspersky Internet Security free as part of a package of benefits.

 

[RejZoR]

Biggest drawback is lack of SystemWatcher which is their flagship behavior blocker. And Application Control which works with SystemWatcher. But it has the rest and connects to KSN cloud so that's good. Personally, I like it a lot. Kaspersky has excellent signatures and you can crank up file heuristics in all scanning modules. While not as effective as SystemWatcher, they are pretty good.

 

[silentbogo]

No thanks. I'm holding out for the free AV program from North Korea!

It's not North Korea, it's KGB. And don't forget that Eugene Kaspersky is Putin's best friend . *gloriously reveals a shiny tinfoil hat*

On the serious note: having a free version of Kaspersky is good news.
Though, it's banned in my country thanks to our drunken-retard-president, but at least the rest of the world can drop that bloated mess of an Avast and equally fat AVG.

 

[Ahhzz]

Now if I have a client that just needs something, but refuses to purchase anything, I can send him here, instead of the others I have less respect for.

 

[newtekie1]

Seriously, if you want something free, use Avast and Malwarebytes.

 

[Jetster]

Someone try it

 

[Boatvan]

Someone try it

We're all too scared

 

[Jetster]

personally I would rather pay $15 then have ads or personal information shared. Or use nothing

 

[RejZoR]

personally I would rather pay $15 then have ads or personal information shared. Or use nothing

Pay 15 bucks and your anonymized data will still be shared The reason why more and more will push for cloud analysis is because statistical (big) data is more effective at combating malware than old ways of brute analyzing each sample individually. These days, they are literally just shoving files into their systems (deep learners if you want) and they grind through files, sorting them based on several criteria. Then you basically get two groups of files one malicious and another clean. Systems measure the distance between each based on several factors when they introduce new samples to the system. The more you feed the system with data to process, the more accurate becomes.

Imagine red being malware, green being clean files and each circle, depending on size designates a group of files with similar characteristics. As you insert file with unknown reputation, system tries to validate its characteristics with everything they already have in the massive database. As system is crunching through, the file reputation position will move across the map as it's matching how file looks and behaves. The distance between each sample group and distance between clean and malicious distinct groups designates how to treat the file. Operator (AV company) can simply fiddle with parameters that define the distances and they can adjust the system to be even more accurate while even less prone to false positives. If we had tech like this years ago, we would eradicate malware entirely.

The dark orange and light orange is the "no mans land" zone where system has greatest difficulty declaring what the file is and that's where most adjustment is needed. Some samples even get forwarded for human interaction because the system is indecisive or because it has certain characteristic that requires human analyst interaction.

That's a very dumbed down version of how anti-malware deep learning works. Somewhere deep in that system, some of your personal data resides as well. The thing is, this whole thing is just WAY too massive for anyone to fiddle with data of individuals on personal level. And the system generally operates in such a way that data gets anonymized client side as much as possible so companies really only get aggregated statistical data.

 

[xkm1948]

Who use AV any way? I haven't use any anti virus besides Microsoft's built in stuff for ages now.

 

[Red_Machine]

I have to use a third party AV, because ever since Windows Defender replaced Security Essentials, it causes large folders to lag like hell. Sometimes it takes upwards of a minute to load a folder on my NAS box if the system has Defender running. I have paid Norton on my desktop, but I'll give this a whirl on my laptop. It doesn't use one of those annoying extra programs to load the AV like AVG and Avira do, it's just a standalone program.