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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.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m mentioning this because I’ve noticed that Kaspersky is a common choice among many PC users I know. This might be useful information for those who are considering their options.

Additionally, when searching for antivirus recommendations on platforms like Reddit, Lemmy, or YouTube, Kaspersky frequently appears as a highly regarded option.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have only seen people recommend against Kaspersky for years.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I haven't found a serious critic that didn't rely on fucking racism yet. If the only real argument is "rUsSian cOmPAny bAD" but you're ok with USA companies, you're just braindead.

I don't even use windows for that same reason, but if a windows user asks me, based on past experiences with low end computers (where you can actually tell the diference), I'd always recommend kaspersky for performance and malwarebytes for precision.

Pro tip: Downvotes without arguments only prove my point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kaspersky had a serious fiasco in the early 2000's, that's good enough for me.

Once a software vendor demonstrates theyre untrustworthy, why would I risk using their products?

And spare us from the sophist personal attack on people you disagree with.

At worst it's jingoism, except there's no question of there being significant Russian efforts to meddle in the US and other countries.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Once a software vendor demonstrates theyre untrustworthy, why would I risk using their products?

How are you using windows then? They've had innumerable security breaches, not to talk about how MS demonstrates again and again that the only thing they care about is money. Does "trustworthy" mean "american" or "only sells my data to the USA gov and other US companies" then sure, it is trustworthy as fuck.

Of course you will invalidate that with some mental gymnastics, but this same thing happens even with freaking usb (charge only, mind me) cables from aliexpress, with people saying they have fucking chips to spy on you. Again, racism.

And spare us from the sophist personal attack on people you disagree with

Try to put it however you want, but hating anything that comes from one place just because of that, then adding excuses is fucking racist.

except there's no question of there being significant Russian efforts to meddle in the US and other countries.

And here comes the grand patriotic justification for racism! If you really don't have shit to say about the actual software, just block me or something and spare me from your presence :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Microsoft Defender is good and free, but it is heavier on system resources than any reputable AV. Kasperskey is near the top for least impact on system performance.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. Do you have links that support your claims that I can read up on?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That chart doesn't say anything about system resource usage.

Edit: found the performance chart now. Still no explanation on what performance tests(more than two sentences) they performed and how the scoring was applied.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TBH, that still looks good for MS. It suffered a little with compressed archives (mediocre), installation was "fast," and the rest were "very fast." Certainly not as perfect as some, but unless you're doing lots of installs and working with compressed files, I bet nobody would even notice this difference in real world use cases.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The only place I notice Defender is on an old system (10 years) that's had a billion changes - App installs/uninstalls, etc.

With a 4TB data drive, and a C drive that's 90% full. Poor machine has been abused.

Don't notice any issues on other machines, even when using 7zip on 100 gig archives.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why would I need the best Anti Viruse ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hahahaha

You must be too young to remember the shit show Kaspersky had in the early 2000's.

I forget the details, but it was clear Kaspersky had become like Norton and the other formerly great names.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

Kaspersky is a Russian company. No thank you.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Why would you use kaspersky?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't install it even if I would be paid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"paid" schreibt man das.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

anti virus is scam. Or malware themselves

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

kaspersky is a virus

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never pirate anything that runs with any privilege, that means antivirus, VPN etc.

Also, why use an av?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is an offical beta version.

"Why use an av?"

Sadly, because JavaScript exists.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh oki.

About js. Why not just use something like ublock+ noscript + Firefox

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why the heck would I want this when clam exists?!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Immunet shutdown in jan, so no clam.

[–] Gimpydude 5 points 1 year ago

ClamAV is alive and well. Immunet != ClamAV even if that was the engine Immunet used.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

? "latest version 1.3.1 / 17 April 2024"

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're going to make your system worse, you should also combine with Norton anti virus too.

Either that, or just use the Microsoft one that is free

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is the piracy community so I'll write it out:
If you are pirating software you probably need an antivirus and windows defender is easily bypassable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But I think Kaspersky already offers real time protection on the free tier

what are the additional features in this method ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Only reasonable purchase for anti virus are for companies where all it could take is one weak link for a hacker to cause all sorts of trouble. Common sense is best AV.

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