Before diving into Kaspersky, I would like to show you the table of contents.
Antivirus software searches
for, detects, and removes viruses, and other malicious software
like worms, trojans, adware, and more. This software is meant to be used as a
preventative approach to cyber security to stop threats before they get into
your computer and cause problems.
While you may think that your computer is safe as long as you
don't visit sketchy websites, hackers have much more ways of getting their
viruses on your computers, which is why you need a robust antivirus to stay one
step ahead of them.
If a virus was to get onto your computer, the consequences could
be deadly. Viruses
can lead to a host of malicious activity. They can crash your
device, spy on you through your webcam or by monitoring your personal accounts.
Hackers can use viruses to steal your personal information,
ranging from account logins to financial information. This can then be used to
carry out identity theft, phishing scams, and more. These potential
consequences are why network protection is more important now than ever before.
An antivirus software works by scanning incoming files or code that's
being passed through your network traffic. Companies who build
this software compile an extensive database of already known viruses and
malware and teach the software how to detect, flag, and remove them.
When files, programs, and applications are
flowing in and out of your computer, the antivirus compares them to its
database to find matches. Matches
that are similar or identical to the database are isolated, scanned, and
removed.
While you can adjust settings so that your
antivirus runs automatic scans of your computer for malicious files, you can
also opt-in to manual scans, which let you sit and see in real-time which
malicious files were found and neutralized.
Some antivirus software will ask for your
permission before "cleaning" a file to remove malicious code. If you
prefer a hands-off approach, you can adjust the settings so the software
automatically removes malicious files.
Most antivirus software performs the same
functions, so choosing between one brand and another shouldn't be complex.
Kaspersky is an anti-virus which includes real-time
protection, detection and removal of viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, adware,
keyloggers, malicious files and rootkits.
Kaspersky works on almost
all the devices including Windows, MAC OS X, Android, iOS.
The main purpose of showing
Kaspersky is that, it works on most of the operating systems & it also
offers a free version.
You can also use other
Antivirus software like McAfee, Norton 360 etc.
The
first step is to go to the website of Kaspersky.
After
scrolling down, you will see a screen that will help you to download Kaspersky.
Select your
operating system and then select your plan.
You can
also select a free plan like the plan shown in the image below:
Click on
“Free Download” to go to the download webpage.
Click on
“Download Now” to get redirected to the final download page.
Click on
“Download Now” to start the download.
After
clicking on the “Download Now” button, the download will start.
Double
click on the setup file to start the installation.
Click on
“Continue” to start the installation.
It will ask
you to install some additional software, if you want to install them, then you can
tick the software that you want.
After selecting the desired software, click on
the “Install” button
After
clicking on the “Install” button, the installation will start.
Note: Make sure
that you are connected to the internet while installing Kaspersky.
It will
show you some recommended settings, if you don’t want to keep the recommended
settings, then you can do so by unticking them.
After
selecting the desired settings, click on the “Apply” button to apply the
settings.
It will
also ask you to create a Kaspersky account.
To create
your Kaspersky account, enter your email address and then press [ENTER] key.
After entering your email address, it will ask you to create a password,
enter a secure & strong password & always remember it, because if you
forget the password then you won’t be able to login in your Kaspersky account.
As you know that I had selected the FREE version while downloading the
software, but even though it will give me a trial of the premium version for 1
month, after that I will be switched to the free version.
You will have 2 options for the trial, the 2 options will be: “Personal”
& “Family”, you can select either one of them.
After selecting the trial version, click on the “Try for free” button.
Done! Now
we are ready to use Kaspersky.
PC Cleaner is a tool, that removes all the cache,
temporary files & unwanted software.
To use PC Cleaner, open Kaspersky.
Click on “PC Cleaner”.
After clicking on “PC Cleaner”, the cleaner will start
removing all the cache, temporary files & unwanted software.
Scan is a tool that can be used to
scan files, system, particular folders, software etc.
There is a lot of varieties of scans,
you can try using each one of them yourself.
Updating database is very important
part of Kaspersky, because database contains the list of new malwares, viruses,
worms, trojans etc.
To update the database, open Kaspersky.
Click on “Database Update”.
After clicking on “Database Update”, the update will start.
Password Manager can be used to store & save
passwords.
You can download it by going to the website of Kaspersky, or by clicking on the “Password Manager” tab in Kaspersky application.
Kaspersky also offers a VPN, you can use the Kaspersky
VPN by going to the website of Kaspersky, or by click on the “Kaspersky VPN” tab
in the Kaspersky application.
Safe money is a tool that will give you better security when shopping and making
transfers online.
You can learn more about Safe Money by going to the official website of Kaspersky.
In the mobile
protection tab, it will show you the ways to install Kaspersky on mobile
devices like Android & iOS.
In the Privacy Protection tab, you will see some privacy settings, and
you can also change them.
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