Kaspersky: VPN & Antivirus

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About this app

Free antivirus, malware scan, phone security and VPN for Android™, from Kaspersky.

Kaspersky: VPN & Antivirus for Android is a FREE-to-download antivirus solution, virus scanner and virus cleaner that protects your phones and tablets. Get premium features that work effortlessly on Android. Enjoy essential security such as malware scan and Anti-Phishing, and privacy protection including Password Manager, Data Leak Checker and unlimited VPN.

Features include:
►Antivirus Protection—acts as a virus scanner and virus cleaner, and automatically blocks malware, viruses, spyware and more on your phones and tablets.
►Background Scan—scans on-demand in real-time* for viruses, spyware, ransomware and Trojans.
►Secure QR Scanner—warns about viruses hidden in barcodes (It’s a virus scanner for codes!).
►Where Is My Device—lets you locate, lock and wipe your device of data if its lost or stolen.
►Anti-Phishing¹—protects you from phishing activity designed to steal your sensitive data.
►Safe Browsing¹—blocks malicious websites, downloads and extensions.
►Safe Messaging¹—blocks malicious URLs in text messages and instant chats.
►Kaspersky Password Manager¹—protects your passwords and digital info, and allows instant sign-in to your accounts.
►Kaspersky VPN: unlimited & super-fast²—encrypts your Wifi traffic, comes with IP location changer for private Internet access, and lets you access global content in a private browser via super-fast connections. (Works like a VPN proxy!)
►Social Privacy²—makes it easy for you to manage your privacy settings in Google and Facebook. Helping you disable location tracking to prevent targeted ads.
►Smart Home Monitor³—alerts you when a new device joins your home network to help you guard your smart home devices from hackers.
►Quick Scan—uses a malware scan to check objects in your OS and memory, identifies threats, and removes them like a virus cleaner.
►Full Scan—performs antivirus and malware scan for every part of your device, including apps and files.
►File Antivirus—performs a safety check against all files on your Android device – works like a virus scanner.
►Unused Apps Cleanup—shows the apps you use least often, so you can delete them and free up space.
►Data Leak Checker³—tells you if private accounts linked to your email addresses or phone number are leaking data online.
►Stalkerware Detection—alerts you about spyware apps secretly installed on your device by a third party to monitor your social media activity, chats, geo-location, and more.
►Call Filter—lets you add contacts to “Ignore” list, so certain calls are rejected.
►Apps Permission Manager—makes it easy for you to change app permissions, and boost security.
►App Lock— protects sensitive apps with a secret PIN code, so only you can get in!
►Identity Protection Wallet—protects your ID documents, such as your passport, in encrypted storage, and lets you access them from any device.

¹Functionality is available for paid subscribers only
²Unlimited VPN is available for paid subscribers only, starting with «Plus» plan
³Automatic and unlimited Data Leak Checker & Smart Home Monitor are available for paid subscribers only, starting with «Plus» plan (available in a limited number of countries). This functionality is also available with Kaspersky Security Cloud – Personal & Kaspersky Security Cloud – Family licenses.

Due to legal restrictions on using a virtual private network (VPN), Kaspersky Secure Connection cannot be installed in Russia, Belarus, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Oman, Pakistan and Qatar.

Limitations apply: https://support.kaspersky.com/help/Kaspersky/Android_knownissues/en-US/195522.htm

This app uses the Device Administrator permission, Accessibility & VPN services. Accessibility is used for the following purposes:
• Device lock in case of theft
• Web and chat protection
• Blocking unwanted apps
• VPN adaptability

End User License Agreement:
https://usa.kaspersky.com/end-user-license-agreement

Ratings and reviews

I use Kaspersky Plus. The VPN is fast, and features like split tunneling and kill switch seem to be functional. The antivirus has not failed me yet, and it makes me feel safer in my day-to-day browsing. I omitted a star because I wish that features like anti-ad and anti-tracker were available on the app version (they are available on the PC version). I'm also not a fan of the password manager; I prefer 1Password's autofill and UI.

It does prevent websites from downloading stuff to the device when it looks suspicious. Also it checks that a network is secure and if it is not, it will show a notification above all other notifications, which is nice. Other than that I didn't encounter much else. I guess I just don't do enough iffy stuff on the phone for it to trigger. The desktop version is a champ though.

Kaspersky end protection seems to work pretty well. The VPN however is very disappointing! Doesn't work most of the time when I need it. I brought it up to support and they recommend turning on airplane mode then turning it back off. Tried this, didn't work. Then they sent me some software to diagnose the problem but that software wouldn't even open!

What's new

We continue to improve VPN speed. The Catapult Hydra protocol is extremely fast when transferring data from one continent to another, under almost all circumstances! So we’re happy to report it’s now available on your mobile devices. We hope you enjoy it!