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Just wanted to share this simple way to use kaspersky for free (forum.kaspersky.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only AVs worth your time are:

common sense

an open source ad and tracker blocker

MS Defender if on Windows

ClamAV (or nothing like most people) if on Linux

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

Also, I wouldn't trust Kaspersky with anything important personally. It's from an older interview but...

If you had the power to change up to three things in the world today that are related to IT security, what would they be?

Internet design--that's enough.

That's it? What's wrong with the design of the Internet?

There's anonymity. Everyone should and must have an identification, or Internet passport. The Internet was designed not for public use, but for American scientists and the U.S. military. That was just a limited group of people--hundreds, or maybe thousands. Then it was introduced to the public and it was wrong…to introduce it in the same way.

I'd like to change the design of the Internet by introducing regulation--Internet passports, Internet police and international agreement--about following Internet standards. And if some countries don't agree with or don't pay attention to the agreement, just cut them off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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] 13 points 4 months ago

kaspersky is a virus

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

"paid" schreibt man das.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months 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] 7 points 4 months ago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Immunet shutdown in jan, so no clam.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

? "latest version 1.3.1 / 17 April 2024"

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunet

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

you don't have to run clam from the cloud

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why would you download Russian Software even for free, that stuff is a bigger security threat than any other virus.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I downvoted because I think this is not true. Kaspersky holds a company in UK and their reputation is the best so far in terms of efficiency, service and respect to terms with costumers. And from my experience pirating software (including video games) it is better than Windows defender in that it has less to no false positives, and detects the actual malware. Hell it even saves the system after being infected, I am told this by 2 friends and my brother.

And it offers real time protection on the free tier so it beats Malwarebytes in this aspect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hell it even saves the system after being infected, I am told this by 2 friends and my brother.

No. Once a System is infected you cant trust it anymore no matter what you do. There are many FUD (Fully Un Detected) viruses out there that cant 100% surely be found. You dont know if the found virus has infected the machine with some of these. Its a big red flag that this option is available in kaspersky. Save your data and set up a new system is the only correct, nearly 100% save option.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I mean that the three story tellers downloaded infected software that locked the system but downloading Kaspersky unlocked it. One was LaTeX packages the other little nightmares 2 the game and my brother downloaded a design software.
The LaTeX package made the system unusable and encrypted data, asking for money for decryption. (windows7)
The game also made the system unresponsive and started uploading data, additionally social media accounts pf the owner were hacked. (Windows 10)
In both scenarios the owner didn't have Kaspersky and downloaded it only after infection, and it made the system function normally again. Although it didn't decrypt the files in the first case.
In the case of my brother his social media accounts were hacked and system started dying but he just relaunched Kaspersky (he paused it cuz crack asked him to do so lol) and the system survived functioning as always (although he had to rescue his accounts manually).

While it is debatable whether Kaspersky actually cleaned all the malware from the system, we can agree that the fact that system was rescued for the user to prepare for the re_installation is a good service.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Kaspersky has been shit for at least 15 years.

There was a huge fiasco with them in the early 2000's.

Why would anyone use their garbage today?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

anti-virus are a scam in general

Great... The anti-vaxxers figured out how to use Lemmy.

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months 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.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can uninstall an anti virus not not the covid vaccine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Lmao

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No.

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Taiwan is a country

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months 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...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

welp, can't argue with beliefs

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

is this an anime?

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

yes it is from Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

beautfiful page on mal, added on my plan to watch list

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Cool pic, glad i sparked some controversy.

Pic is mine now.

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