Kaspersky Replaces Free Antivirus with Cross-Platform Cloud Security Suite

Kaspersky has decided to replace its super-popular free antivirus with a lightweight version of Kaspersky Security Cloud that offers extra protections not only on Windows, but also on mobile.

Users trying to download Kaspersky Free Antivirus are being redirected to Kaspersky Security Cloud – Free, the security vendor explained in a tweet this week (in German).

However, news of the Kaspersky Security Cloud Free served instead of Kaspersky Free Antivirus isn’t new. The Russian company explains in an October blog post that its Cloud product is a much more advanced security product that gets “much closer to our full-fledged flag...

nmap -sV --script vuln -p- <target-network>

tail -f /var/log/suricata/fast.log | grep <cve>

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title: Detect Exploitation - Kaspersky Replaces Free Antivirus with Cross-Platform Cloud Security Suite
id: c8a0605a-fd93-4dd8-9644-ec643bcbd8b5
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
  - https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-24
logsource:
  category: network_connection
  product: any
detection:
  selection:
      CommandLine|contains:
        - 'exploit'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
  - attack.initial_access

rule CTI_Threat_Indicator {
    meta:
        author = "iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine"
        date = "2026-09-24"
        description = "YARA Signature for "
    strings:
        $str = "Kaspersky Replaces Free Antivi" ascii wide
    condition:
        any of them
}