only for windows pc, but still hot!

Thanks for sharing @Darude . I've got Kaspersky Internet Security on a few of the families laptops/PC's and find it good - doesn't seem to hog the system the way some previous anti virus software has and is normally quick to update / respond to issues. Not sure how the free version compares but if it uses same detection engine etc then it would be my first choice :smile:

Oooh! This being free is new! I signed up to barclays bank to get kaspersky for free a few years back. Been using kaspersky since mid 2000's always thought it was the best of the picks overall. Well time to close the barclays account it would seem!

Thanks.8)

Free full version with Barclays

DON'T JUMP ON IT BECAUSE IT'S FREE

theguardian.com/tec…ing

telegraph.co.uk/new…rs/

I thought should keep in mind this.

Perfect timing. Mine is due to be renew in 30 days time. I suspect probably wont be the full 'internet suite' version but defo hot from me either way!

Rather than asking you to pay for the privilege of having your computer compromised, they're now offering to do it for free. How kind!

Cold as siberia

So you really wanna risk this russian product that can see what you are doing?

Not voted either way as the comment is on the product and not the price.

HOTT as long as you're okay with sending all your files to be scanned on Russian servers and then read by their intelligence service. Putin has taps on Kaspersky's servers.

... and the same applies to every country everywhere. Assume that files sent to "the cloud" are on servers in various different countries, and each respective intelligence service will hapily slurp them up for future use.

As far as the VPN goes, bear in mind the UK government now routinely monitors your browsing.

theguardian.com/wor…per

Why does this matter if you're not a terrorist? Because at some point they'll be hacked and your browsing habits will become accessible to all, banks, credit cards, social media sites, etc.

Massive hacks seem to be weekly now

Wouldnt touch with a barge pole!! Steer clear!

After the controversy surrounding this anti virus, I wouldn't touch it even if they paid me to.

IT guy here - I wouldn't trust this software as far as I could throw it. And yes, you could make the same arguments about data being taken off your PC with something like Microsoft's Security Essentials but the difference is Kaspersky will face no consequences if it turns out they've been data mining all your personal information. Microsoft would.

+1 on Kaspersky having close ties to the Russian government.

It's a shame, a really good anti-virus otherwise.

Don't forget your foil hats guys , they're reading your minds too!!

2 years ago I would have been all over this, Kapersky always had the reputation of being one of the best AV vendors. But now.... I hate to sound like a conspiracy nutjob but I just don't trust them anymore.

If you want a UK owned free anti-virus solution which is also pretty good, I'd suggest Sophos
home.sophos.com/

Wouldn't trust this.

Just use it and your PC will be slow. "Kaspersky on its installation was just perfect on system, but after complete updates, Slower computer performance, almost 46% of CPU usage (which I noticed when computer was running slow) & slower I/O operations, slower copy operation." Full information quora.com/Whi…D32

Windows Defender should be enogh protection for anyone.

home.sophos.com/
Free, good :smile:

If you have Win 10 the Yanks are spying in you so what's the difference?
I used to have Kaspersky free with Barclays but the problem was that it would run the cpu to 100% for the first 20 mins at start up and then run constantly in the background. I spent days on online forums doing tweaks that they mentioned as it seemed then (3 years ago) that it was a very common problem.Maybe things have changed but if you have it installed have a look on task manager now and then and see if it's giving you high cpu usage.

I use to use this but jumped ship a few years ago when they started to bloat their suite and it started to become slow (not painfully slow like McAfee) went to Noton360 seems a good time to see if they have gone back to basics.

I'm sure there will be some bigotted comments on here given the Russian connection, shameful given that they actually seem to be doing a lot more good if you put aside patriotism

It's still a good antivirus, using their protection service for a while now.. never had any issues, voted hot

If you have a Barclays Bank Account its free anyway the full version dnt know if its a cut down vers like AVG free

If you have a Barclays Bank Account its free anyway the full version dnt know if its a cut down vers like AVG free

this combined with f secure freedome vpn i reckon i'm covered.

Can't access link could u make them into word hyperlinks instead e.g like this

sure, GCHQ can see all your stuff, why not invite in the FSB too nytimes.com/201…tml

Wow the Barclay brothers are sponsoring terriosts; bit like the Koch brothers in the US

Not sure how to do from my phone that but will try when logged in to pc.

Just about everyone is harvesting your data.... most of you today will give lots of personal data away.... for free
If you want to remain safe.......go live under a bush.........but not George W :unamused:

The next time you're in a cafe, make sure that there's no spy camera hidden in coffee pot! :laughing:

wccftech.com/cyb…gs/
Think again. Antiviruses/VPN-s are useless really.

I can see who is Paranoid. No need to take it personally.

You missing the whole point, which everyone else seem to have understood.

A victim of information war. :sunglasses:

It's the " if you have nothing to hide" crowd that has allowed so much surveillance on the general public to take place. why can't they use proven Intelligence based policing that does have proven arrest and conviction rates. Instead of finding out what pictures I have on my phone of my wife and children ( and my kittens !)
Also if youre not bothered then tell us about how much money in your bank account and what fantasies you indulge in , in private.... Or is that private and I should mind my own business .
Then why would you let the government know your fantasies either?....

good first post darude. It's caused quite a stir. Communism Vs Capitalism

I'm typing this via a specially encoded, encrypted, shielded keyboard.

My neighbour could be tracking my keystrokes via a long lens telescope! :laughing:

Honestly do people really know where your information goes as part of each of the internet security software suites?

No one cares and why be bothered. Kaspersky has been one of the good providers since the last decade and nothings gonna change tgat

In my opinion Kaspersky has been the best performing av product for a very long time. Its what I use to remove stuff when other products fail.

It is well known that all US suppliers are legally obliged to provide backdoors for their products.

What better software to use for espionage? It scans every single file on your computer - whether it is a web link, a text file or a an image. It regular updates itself and communicates both ways and has privileged access to your computer.

Nowadays av products scan files as you download them or save them, so it knows everything. You cant hide anything.


The alternative is not to have an av programme and then seriously compromise your computer within weeks.

"all your bases are belong to us" - as the old saying goes

Just to throw in my penny's worth, I've used Kaspersky in the past with no issues and it seems to work well but there are plenty of alternatives.

From a purely user friendly stand point, I'd say Bitdefender Free is the easiest to use and very light on system resources and just works in the background without needing any attention.

Little Slovakia smashing the Russian Bear for two decades :muscle:

I'm not sure about all the scaremongering!
I've no issues at all with russian intelligence scouring through my browsing history.... all they'll find is a vast array of dwarf porn and a wonderful collection of fairy cake recipes :face_with_monocle:

Indeed.

The amount of idiocy that people on here post beggars belief.

If you buy a Chinese laptop, it's the Chinese government spying on you (and seeing what groceries you buy from Sainsbury's every week). If you buy an anti-virus, it's the Russian KBG tracking all your movements down to the pub, taking your dog for a walk etc.

Why the hell would the Chinese or Russian government be interested in you?

Yet these people are quite happy to use anything from the US even though it's clear from Snowden that there really are tons of NSA backdoors, surveillance and monitoring in virtually every product.

Paranoid xenophobia.

So the US government are concerned about AV products compromising the security of their information ... I think they've overlooked another vulnerability in their system -

theguardian.com/us-…ort

You are funny :joy:‌ :joy:

Sheeple with tinfoil hats, please vote cold instead of posting broken links.

Does anyone use Windows Defender

You lot are funny with your tinfoil hats, nothing wrong with Kaspersky otherwise the number of time I've called Putin a useless utter **** i'd have been bumped off ages ago.

Only other product i'd use is Sophos having used it as an enterprise solution for years.

Used it in my pc for the past 10 years and no issues at all.Worth a look for FREE

Anyone who knows anything about it, avast free blows other free services away.

Hot ..

Ooo, did not know Sophos had free protection for users, thought it was paid and focused on B2B only.

Will be downloading this tonight ^^

Funny, cos my browsing history is full of dwarf recipes and fairy cake porn.

ha.... we're in a league of our own! :raised_hand:

Don't be silly he probably already has your wifi password and is monitoring all your network traffic.....lol

Do you know what makes me laugh that people go on about spying and all that stuff and yet lots of people have facebook and tell their whole life story on there and yet a virus protection that is really good you're going on about the russians spying on our data.
If you don't want to be spied on Don't go on your smart phones and computer because everybody is being spied on by someone the trouble is if you are not doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear apart from a few ads.

After reading all the comments I am surprised that such a high percentage of people on here supposedly care about their privacy, yet collectively done nothing before the tory's Snooper's charter became law this year. How many of you blabbing on here about Kaspersky on an on-line forum actually complained to your local MP's to make you feelings known? Signed petitions? joined protests? anyone?

We live in a mass surveillance state and we are allowing things to get worse, people worrying about the Russians spying seriously need to get a bloody grip, we have far more pressing concerns much closer to home with regards to our privacy and on-line security. :angry:

Never bothered with 3rd party anti virus or anything like that, just use the built in one, if you know what you’re doing on the internet then you don’t need one

There are plenty of good AV products out there and I have used close to all of them. They have always failed me at some stage, which is why I have tried them all.

No matter how good, Avast, AVG, Comodo, IOBIT, mcafee, Nortons, Sophos, NOD (ESET), F-Secure, and plenty of others, they have all failed in one respect or another. The only way I have been able to clean infections once they have happened - which the programmes failed to pick up - is by a combination of:

(1) Malwarebytes
(2) Kaspersky free online scanner (and remover)

My worst experiences have been with Nortons, McAfee and Webroot. Nortons and McAfee may have improved now but they were abysmal when I used them. people thought they were protected because they weren't reporting infections but the computers were riddled with malware. McAfee users may as well have had viruses because the software crippled computers. Also the enterprise versions of these products are very different from the standalone home user ones.

Kaspersky may have areas where it is not the strongest in any given year but is the best for all round consistency.

And then you end up with something like cryptolocker - you are leaving your front door open, inviting burglars in. Most of the av products now have an inbuilt firewall - blocking intrusions. Your computer is being scanned many dozens times a day for vulnerabilities. Not protecting yourself even with a free product doesn't make sense.

I hope that Is a joke.


Microsoft's av efforts have always been a joke. They release a product which is then not supported so quickly becomes redundant. Luckily there are so many serious alternatives.

Unless it is out sourced like all other IT jobs :kissing_heart:

linking to some guy's opinion piece (which happens to be posted on wired) is rather poor evidence to support your point of view.

i for one would also decline to use software with security concerns when there are so many alternatives with no concerns whatsoever against them

I wouldn't trust Kaspersky based on the article.

techradar.com reviews Avira

Avira Free Antivirus
which continues to score highly on AV-TEST's stringent testing program, quashing 99.7% of tested threats, and it generally doesn't put too big a burden on your hardware.
It has a clean, friendly interface, and throws up minimal false positives. The introduction of a free security suite to optionally run alongside it – with ransomware and phishing protection, a 500MB/month VPN and various speedup promises – just sweetens the deal. This is one of the best free antivirus packages of 2017.
techradar.com

If you don't go on dodgy websites, open spam/dodgy emails, or download unknown files and you know what you're doing then you will be fine. It's gullible and dumb people who get caught out. The built-in AV is fine for most peoples needs.

All these people saying how dreadful it is... Yeh yeh, you'll be installing it later :grin:

I am running on a month's free McAfee I got with my new Yoga and it doesn't seem to be as slow and intrusive as I remember it with a previous new PC I got a few years ago but I can't wait to get back to Eset!

The reason I've not installed Eset yet is because my old licence elapsed last week and so am merely trying to buy my time to get the free trial period to overlap with Black Friday to then get a 3 year multi device licence from them in their yearly deals.

Not had much experience with Kaspersky and even though I could get it free by virtue of having a Barclays account I chose not to, nothing to do with them being Ruski either.

I blew them out instantly because when I called their customer service number out of curiosity no one answered yet a minute later I got a call back from "Internet security support' with matey's name being something like Arjun or Vihaan from downtown New Delhi :poop:

When you call Eset with a problem you speak to an Andy or a Vince at their UK hub in Bournemouth, my life their customer service is second to none! Nothing is too much of a problem for them and they'll even give your PC an impromptu health check whilst sorting your issue out remotely. Been using them ever since they gave away free licences for life on XP as part of their Nod 32 beta programme and been more than happy to pay for their product on every OS since Vista.

Why change when you know the product, trust it and have total confidence in their customer support?

Lol most your iPhones have backdoors but that's none of my problem.

google.co.uk/amp…amp

The only antivirus that doesn't feel like a virus itself

Yes Comrade!

The recent "controversy" about the Russians using Kaspersky to spy on people is a load of rubbish.

The Wall Street Journal stated that An NSA hacker flouted protocol two years ago by taking work home to a personal computer that ran Kaspersky software.

So a rogue employee took sensitive information from a secure facility, the NSA no less, to his obviously less secure home computer, and they jumped to the conclusion that because the computer was running Kaspersky (which is Russian) it was clearly the thing that compromised all the data. I don't even think it has been definitively proven that the employee's home computer was the source that was compromised.

Somehow, If the Russians can hack elections, I doubt they need the services of an anti-virus company to hack computers belonging to employees of the NSA.

Let's not forget stories like this one: independent.co.uk/new…tml
It's the story of a teenager hacking into the Pentagon from his bedroom.

I think the Americans are just looking for excuses to drive out competition from international companies - see also the recent case of Bombardier.

Kaspersky is an excellent anti-virus product. Have some heat!

If you know what you doing then you don't need any antivirus software. I have nothing to hide and i have no money to be stolen.protection comes with money. Ever seen a homeless with bouncer's beside him?

They've also got pretty darn good free Android AV+Web Protection - check the Google Play store - as well as desktop. (+Linux, +MacOSX). Been using Sophos for more years than I care to remember with the occasional trips to other vendors but I always returned to Sophos.

Trump says they're dodgy so they must be. Man alive there's some morons around.

'Cold war' between Russia and US to blame...

I am shocked at how many people are still influenced by all the ridiculous propaganda in mainstream media.

“Omg the Russians are spyin on us! Let’s uninstall their products from our Microsoft Windows PCs and tell all our friends on Facebook and Twitter to do the same! Let me Google the proof and add a link, I don’t want to be spied on!” :thinking:

“Hey Siri, how do I stop my voice, typed, location, etc data from being spied on by Russians?”

Problem is hardly anyone know what they are doing..

Who would want to look at British personal computers anyway.

Most people's browsing history consists of mind numbing social media, the purchase histories are all of ugly garments several sizes too small. The documents are all awful fan fiction, the pictures are drunken family weddings/holidays with a generous percentage of selfies. The videos all pirated Game of Thrones episodes with a sneaky bit of MILF action in a folder labelled 'Steven Seagal movies' since no one (especially women) will ever want to click on that.

Putin can have it if he wants it

Avira did not block Cryptolocker. Which trashed all my photos and music files. So I use other tools now. quashing 99.7 % of files is no good when it is the .3% that do the damage.

Av programmes needs to be more sophisticated it is not so much about viruses now but malicious code. Programmes need to be more sophisticated for new threats. Programmes need to be updated daily to pick up on these ever changing threats.