Kaspersky Lab releases free antivirus software 

Antivirus or anti-virus software (often abbreviated as AV), sometimes known as anti-malware software, is computer software used to prevent, detect and remove malicious software.Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses, hence the name. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats.

Modern antivirus software can protect from:

• Malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware,Keyloggers.
• In addition, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs.
• Furthermore, dialers, fraudtools, adware and spyware.
• Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam.
• Scam and phishing attacks, online identity (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques.
• In addition, advanced persistent threat (APT) and botnet DDoS attacks.
• Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has launched its free version of antivirus software ‘Kaspersky Free’ to “secure the whole world”.

Kaspersky lab:

• Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspersky lab.
• He said on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
• We believe that everyone has the right to be free of cybersecurity fears.
• In announcing the release via a blog post.
• The company founder said they have been working on it for a good year and a half.
• In addition, the software would roll out globally across the next few months.
• Kaspersky Free was immediately available in the US, Canada and several Asia Pacific countries.
• On the heels of being piloted in 2016 in the Russia-Ukraine-Belarus region, in China and also in the Nordic countries.
• The company said this free software would “positively affect the quality of protection of all users,”.
• Furthermore,an increase of installations would bring more numbers to big-data bases for better machine learning.
• According to the company’s websit.
• Over 400 million users are in protection by its technologies.
• In addition, they help 270,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them.