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It offers options for scan such as full scan, Quick Scan, selective scan and external device scan. We didn’t measure the exact time, but it was less than 10 minutes for a full scan. We did a full scan of our Windows PC system (C drive only) and it managed to complete that within few minutes. If you check the additional protection and management tool settings, you will find that it includes settings, you can manage features such as Kaspersky Security Network which gives access to cloud based knowledge lab of Kaspersky. You can pause the Antivirus if you need for some program installation or some other situation, while the security levels can be adjusted if needed to high or low instead of the Recommended option. It also comes with loads of settings that you can customize, yet the default options will work for most users without the need to change anything.

But for an average user, the basic features that are offered with Kaspersky Free will be sufficient and are good enough compared to no Antivirus Security solution on the PC at all.

If you need any of these features, then you will need to upgrade to a paid antivirus solution such as Kaspersky Internet Security. The features which are not available with Kaspersky Free Antivirus solution and are grayed out include: The automatic disinfection works well in case of detection of any of the above mentioned objects.

packed objects whose packing may be used to protect malicious code.

Real time protection offers you protection from: Kaspersky Free uses the same security engine as the paid Kaspersky Internet security and hence offers same level of protection for the components such as File antivirus, e-mail antivirus, and Web antivirus. It includes the features needed for a good antivirus solution i.e. In terms of features, Kaspersky Free includes the essentials and basic security components for any antivirus solution i.e. The interface of Kaspersky Free is almost same as what we saw in the paid Kaspersky antivirus except that some of the additional features are grayed out. On activation, Kaspersky Free gets a license of one year which perhaps needs to be renewed each year. The license activation is automatic if you are connected to internet during the install. Depending on your internet speed, the install finishes in few minutes.

It’s a web installer and need an internet connection to download the required files and install. First of all, Kaspersky free can be installed via he global installer available here.