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Kaspersky Free was designed to protect your computer against malware. It's a version with all the bare essentials: file, email, web antivirus, automatic updates, self-defense, quarantine, and so on.

According to a new report by The New York Times, Israeli hackers who had penetrated Kaspersky Lab's network discovered Russian agents were using the antivirus as a "Google for sensitive information".

Amid fears of Russian spying and so-called back doors, one of the largest retailers in the US has removed all Kaspersky software solutions from store shelves, citing 'too many unanswered questions'.

Kaspersky Free was designed to protect your computer against malware. It's a version with all the bare essentials: file, email, web antivirus, automatic updates, self-defense, quarantine, and so on.