Kaspersky Launches Free Antivirus for Windows

Security vendor Kaspersky has just announced a free antivirus that’s intuitively called… Kaspersky Free and which comes with the essential feature package to block malware and keep your computer protected.

Kaspersky Free has already been tested in a number of markets, like Russia, Ukraine, China, and Sweden, without an official announcement, and the Russian parent company says the feedback was incredibly positive, proving that a worldwide launch is needed.

Staged release

The debut of the new freeware antivirus, however, will take place in stages, and while in July the biggest global markets, US, Canada, and Kazakhstan are projected to get it, countries like the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain would only receive the security software in October.

“With practically zero promo activity Kaspersky Free was installed several million times, in doing so cranking up our market share considerably. Not that increasing market share is our aim; our ai...