Kaspersky Black Friday sale knocks 70% off its security suites

Box art of Kaspersky Total Security along with a tag identifying this as a Black Friday deal.

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In 1 of the all-time Black Friday deals we've even so seen, Kaspersky is taking upward to seventy% off its Windows and multiplatform security suites, including Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Security Cloud Personal.

Kaspersky Total Security is our editor's option for best antivirus software, combining splendid protection confronting online threats with a total complement of extra features, including a password director and parental controls. Meanwhile, Kaspersky Security Cloud Personal adds online-account protection, a home Wi-Fi network monitor and cloud-based parental controls.

Each of these products comes with Kaspersky's unbeatable malware-detection engine, which has the all-time track tape for spotting and eliminating malicious software in years of third-party lab tests. In our own tests, Kaspersky Total Security had a fairly light impact on system operation, while the free version of Kaspersky Security Deject actually sped up our machine.

All of these take access to Kaspersky'southward VPN service, but it'southward capped at 200MB per solar day for the regular antivirus offerings, and 500MB for Kaspersky Security Deject Personal. Unlimited VPN admission costs $xxx per year, which is a bargain compared to some of the other best VPN services.

Paul Wagenseil is a senior editor at Tom'due south Guide focused on security and privacy. He has also been a dishwasher, fry cook, long-haul driver, code monkey and video editor. He's been rooting effectually in the information-security infinite for more than 15 years at FoxNews.com, SecurityNewsDaily, TechNewsDaily and Tom's Guide, has presented talks at the ShmooCon, DerbyCon and BSides Las Vegas hacker conferences, shown upwards in random TV news spots and even chastened a panel discussion at the CEDIA dwelling-engineering briefing. Y'all can follow his rants on Twitter at @snd_wagenseil.