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In September, it will reach India, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and Latin America before launching in Europe, Japan, and South Korea in October and in Vietnam and Thailand in November. The global rollout kicked off yesterday and will be done 'over four months in waves.' The software will arrive first in the US, Canada, and 'many' Asia-Pacific countries. 'Our aim is to raise the overall level of protection on the internet.' Users there installed it 'several million times,' Kaspersky wrote. The company last year piloted its free version in the Russia-Ukraine-Belarus region, China, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland). 'In short, the indispensable basics that no one on the planet should do without.' 'This arsenal ensures convenient and safe web surfing…, working with USB sticks and other portable storage media, and protection against both phishing and infected files being run,' Kaspersky wrote. The software will scan incoming web traffic incoming and outgoing IM messages emails and all the files that you open, save, or run. It includes 'all the bare essentials,' including file, email, instant message, and web antivirus. The free version is based on Kaspersky's paid product, but is 'lighter on system resources' and lacks features such as parental control, online payment protection, and a secure VPN connection. In a blog post (Opens in a new window), Kaspersky CEO Eugene Kaspersky said 'a lot of users … don't have the ~$50 to spend on premium protection therefore, they install traditional freebies (which have more holes than Swiss cheese for malware to slip through).' If you need antivirus protection, but don't have any extra cash to spare, Kaspersky Lab on Tuesday started rolling out a free version of its software globally. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.

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