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| ![Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tjnXC2otL._SL500_.jpg)
| From: Kaspersky Lab
List Price: $59.95
Buy New: $21.99
You Save: $37.96 (63%)
New (10) Used (2) from $10.00
Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 925
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: 1 YR
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: KAV70BOXNC
Model: KAV70BOXNC
UPC: 689076056175
EAN: 0689076056175
ASIN: B000U819A2
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 55
 Nightmare Upgrade May 5, 2008
J. Tenney (Portland Oregon)
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
I used the Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 product for one year and it worked well - no issues and I'd give it 5 stars. This product maintained a good balance between security and system performance, as well as providing good feedback and control mechanisms one would expect from a mature antivirus program. I have used several antivirus products from Semantic, McAfee, and Trend Micro -- all on this same PC over the past 5 years and the Kaspersky 6.0 AntiVirus product was a clear winner from all of those products.
However, my problems with the Kaspersky Anti-Virus product started when I tried to renew my license after it expired. Following Kaspersky's license renewal/upgrade instructions on their website left me with a more expensive version of their product line (Internet Security) and removed all of my existing licensing information so I could not 'upgrade' and had to purchase a new license instead.
The renewal instructions suggest upgrading to their 7.0 product (for free), but this requires uninstalling the 6.0 version. An uninstall feature found in the 6.0 product was supposed to maintain my purchased license information so I could easily upgrade to the new version. This feature does not work and will erase all license information during the uninstall.
When I proceeded to install the 7.0 AntiVirus product, the link from the renewal website installed a more expensive version of the Internet Security product instead. I verified this explict link downloads the wrong version of the software and I pointed this out to the company.
So now I had a more expensive product on my computer and no proof of purchase from my 6.0 product. The next step Kaspersky recommends in this situation (after searching their website) is to email them to retain your license information. It took them over a week to respond and they asked for the original email receipt they sent when I purchased the product over a year ago. If I had this email receipt I wouldn't need to email them for the my license.
I can draw one of two conclusions from this poor upgrade experience: 1) Kaspersky is an incompetent company, 2) Kaspersky is a dishonest company and tries to force their customers into purchasing a much more expensive product. Either way, I no longer trust this company with protecting my computer.
About me: I'm a software engineer with 15+ years experience and I have created, used, purchased, renewed, installed and uninstalled countless software products.
 Excellent A/V software December 23, 2007
Hendrick Kipp (Fort Myers, FL USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This software has received rave reviews elsewhere. What I most like is that the download is fairly small, and you can see (feel) that when you realize that your 'puter didn't slow down at all. Very non-intrusive program, with auto update and scheduled scans whenever you want.
Renewing is a PAIN May 7, 2008
mom to 3 boys (usa)
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
I had the 6.0 version and loved it, my computer ran great with it.
But when it expired May 2008, I click "Renew your license" on the kaspersky screen, and it had me upload the 7.0 version which I wanted, but then it said pay $80 to renew the key to activate the new 7.0 version.
I only paid $50 for the 6.0 version and now they want me to pay $80 for the 7.0 which I said no to. Because I can buy the 7.0 CD for $44 from Amazon which is cheaper then renewing the key with kaspersky online for $80. But now every year I have to order a new disc when the license expires is CRAZY!! Talk about wasting paper & plastic
Kaspersky should give you a discount for renewing your license/key online every year, or at lesat make it the same price as buying the cd and not force you to pay more!! There renewing process is terriable. When this license expires (2009)I am going to look into using a different company or hopefully they read reviews and change their renewing process.
 DO NOT BUY IF YOU HAVE VISTA December 12, 2007
Deals Only (Georgia)
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
Essentially, this is a good product.
HOWEVER, I installed it on my new dell laptop with Vista and my computer immediately crashed (3 times). Blue screen of death and everything. I had to call Kaspersky tech support (which worked surprisingly well) and get detailed advice on how to fix all the problems.
I ended up having to delete all my other antivirus software on my computer. It is almost as if the Kasp. program was written to force you to delete all other brands of antivirus.
While in the end, now, it works seemingly well, the hassle and stress of installation permanently biased my opinion.
caused me more problems than it was worth January 19, 2008
JesseJames (PA, USA)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I installed Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 and started getting all kinds of warnings from the proactive defence feature. I followed the warnings and terminated the programs and soon found out that the proactive defence was targeting all sorts of necessary drivers. When I realized what was going on I used the file back-up feature and tried to restore all of my drives but It didn't work properly.
In the end I had to re-install windows to get my computer up and running again.
I wouldn't recommend this product unless your relatively computer savy so you know what is actually a threat and what isn't.
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