You can use kaspersky beta versions for free by downloading and installing it from their forum.

As a side note, after you install it you need to disable the debugging options once to get the optimal performance.

  • @Mikufan
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    1323 days ago

    I downvoted because its a Russian company and anti-virus are a scam in general.

    • @zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      -323 days ago

      umm, shouldn’t you elaborate more? imo opinion using Kaspersky can save a lot of newbies getting into piracy, so what experience is making us hate on it on forums and discourage using it? I’d understand if you said you prefer Malwarebytes which is American based I think and the best competitor out there to Kaspersky. But saying that AVs are scams is simply not true by logic and by experience.

      • @Mikufan
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        323 days ago

        No.

        No Russia in my house, No China in my house and no “anti virus” software.

        • Katlah
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          1023 days ago

          No Russia in my house

          You do realize where 99% of pirated anything comes from, right?

          No China in my house

          You do realize where 99% of stuff is manufactured, right? The device you are using right now has components made in China.

          • @Mikufan
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            023 days ago

            Ew a pro China person.

            Taiwan is a country!

            Also most cracks are from South America nowadays. Russians did many as well, but the crackers aren’t likely to be affiliated to the government and dont fund a war.

            • Katlah
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              623 days ago

              Taiwan is a country

              Correct, doesn’t change the fact a lot of stuff is still made in mainland China.

              • wolfshadowheart
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                223 days ago

                doesn’t change the fact a lot of stuff is still made in mainland China.

                Which doesn’t change the fact that you can do your due diligence to avoid purchasing things made there? That is their point, afterall…

              • @Mikufan
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                123 days ago

                Lot of stuff, but you can mostly avoid it when you are aware of it. You cant look into everything but you don’t need to buy stuff you know is likely infested with winnie-pooh.exe it’s the quantity that makes the poison deadly, limit the amount of China intake to live a happy and sustainable life.

      • @Mikufan
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        123 days ago

        Tbh Linux is kinda enough. Difference between a computer and a human is that you can limit what goes in. Also most viruses are for windows, the equivalent would be covid only working on Asian people that ate the bat or had sex with the people that did.

        • @prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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          123 days ago

          Linux is not enough, that’s a dated mindset.

          Most viruses these days are mobile in nature which gives you a 50% shot of which *nix you’re on. You’re either on a Unix like os based on MacOS or heavily modified Linux kernel.