Free Kaspersky Antivirus from AOL

l0cke

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Also from newegg its only $15....

EDIt: or it was :'( not anymore, so this appears to be extra hot
 

episodic

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Yea, this has been out a week or more, just remembered to post it here :p

Suprised noone else found it ;)
 

vanionBB

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do I need an AOL account to make this thing work? It wants an activation code :(

Nevermind found it, was in my junk folder wtf :p
 

CrazyGamer

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Originally posted by: MIDIman
How long is the license. What version of the Kaspersky engine is it?

Credit due to delta901 over at FW for the following information:

-it is based off v6.0.0.299 of Kaspersky AV.

-it has all the same scanning abilities, services, processes and icon locations (logon and logoff screens in windows) as the normal Kaspersky.

-it downloads the same antivirus databases as the real KAV6.

Cons: It is just a 1 year license. Good enough for most, not enough for some. The license is also exclusive to this product. The activation key you receive when signing up through the AOL website works ONLY in AOL Active Security Shield. I tried it in KAV6 and it failed saying its not a license for KAV6.

Oddly, the Scan menu is grayed out even though it works 100%. It is very weird.

It is a slimmed down version of KAV6. Differences are the following:

-Web Antivirus has been removed. This is a necessary feature of KAV6, which immediately scans web cache and such. A big hole is left without it.

-Proactive Defense has been removed. This is a feature which scans all process requests and alerts you of them, asking for your permission to allow them or not. This is becoming the norm with security software. KAV6 has it, Spyware Terminator has it. I think it is the future of security software. It is too bad they removed it.

-Trusted zone settings have been removed. All trusted zone entries can only be added as you get alerted by questionable material.

-Rescue Disk creation abilities have been removed. I never used this tool, but there are some who probably do use it.

-Mail connection monitoring settings have been removed (i.e. monitor POP3/SMTP/etc.)

-Appearance settings (for changing the look and feel of the program) have been removed. This isnt a big deal to most, but maybe to some. It only controls transparency and the system tray icon in KAV6, so its not a big deal.
 

markrb38

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How does this compare to the free Antivir?
Been using it for months and haven't had a problem.
It has the Proactive defense. So maybe I will stick with that.

Mark
 

Fritzo

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When the hell did I suddenly get sucked into Bizzaro world??? AOL is starting to be cool, giving free cool content, free cool tools, free cool video....WHAT'S GOING ON?????
 

Nick5324

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Originally posted by: episodic
Yea, this has been out a week or more, just remembered to post it here :p

Suprised noone else found it ;)

Well, Schadenfroh did and posted a link in his Freeware thread here , posted on 08/10/06.

However, this deserves it's own thread, so good post. :thumbsup:
 

John

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Originally posted by: episodic
Yea, this has been out a week or more, just remembered to post it here :p

Suprised noone else found it ;)

It was posted in the software forum on the 7th :p


Originally posted by: BigLar
Does this support 64 bit OS?

Yes

Originally posted by: markrb38
How does this compare to the free Antivir?
Been using it for months and haven't had a problem.
It has the Proactive defense. So maybe I will stick with that.

Mark

Kaspersky has a superior detection rate over Antivir, hourly updates, and also offers email protection.

Originally posted by: syzygy
hmm, AOL . . . what's the catch ?

You agree to give AOL your email address and are subject to spam.

"1. Information Collection... consists of personally identifiable
information collected or received about you when you interact with the Software... about how you use the Software, as well as your responses
to offerings and advertisements presented through the Software..."
 

freshspace

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Why don't you guys check out the "freeware" thread here at AT? It has good information on Antivirus programs that you can download for free. Just type "freeware" and you will find the thread
 

John

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Originally posted by: freshspace
Why don't you guys check out the "freeware" thread here at AT? It has good information on Antivirus programs that you can download for free. Just type "freeware" and you will find the thread

Ugh, this AOL badged Kaspersky is free and is superior to the other freeware AV's (Antivir, AVG, Avast!) that are currently available. Use a spam email address to get the activation code and you're all set. Kaspersky is arguably the best AV on the market and a leader in detection and removal.