Kaspersky Free 18.0.0.405

Kaspersky company has released a free antivirus to coincide with its 20th anniversary. Kaspersky Free protects PCs and their users from various security threats in a number of ways.

You may configure Kaspersky Free in several ways after its quick installation. For example, you may choose to protect it with a password to prevent an authorized person from making modifications. You can export, import and restore settings.

The free software includes file, web, IM and mail antivirus tools.

Since most threats come from the internet, Kaspersky Free ensures your safety whenever you visit a website or open an email. The antivirus will give you a warning when you are about to browse a malicious website. It scans websites and emails for things that can steal your identity or money and automatically blocks them. It also automatically blocks harmful downloads to further heighten your safety.

Other common sources of threats are connected devices like external storage media. The antivirus gives you the option to perform an external device scan to protect against such threats. By default, the program prompts for action when you connect an external device.

Apart from external device scan, you may perform full, quick or selective scan. You can specify what you want to happen at the end of a scan, such as rebooting, switching to either sleep or hibernate mode, shutting down the computer or leaving it on.

The antivirus uses real-time data from the cloud to provide the most up-to-date protection against even the newest threats.

Kaspersky Free is a powerful antivirus that automatically blocks dangerous applications, files and websites to provide free and fast protection. The program does not slow down the computer. It is free although you may enhance your security by paying to enable premium features like application control, firewall and network monitor.