{"id":12308,"date":"2016-06-08T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=12308"},"modified":"2020-07-13T07:02:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T11:02:12","slug":"what-is-kaspersky-security-scan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/12308\/","title":{"rendered":"A free tool to check your system for malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: The product described in this post is discontinued. To protect your desktop or laptop use Kaspersky Free<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Someone may call it paranoia; some think it\u2019s just common sense: At Kaspersky Lab we know it\u2019s a good idea to check twice if you suspect something might be wrong with your PC. With so many threats online \u2014 ransomware<\/a>, keyloggers<\/a>, trojans<\/a> \u2014 it\u2019s better to be safe than sorry.<\/p>\n

Kaspersky Security Scan<\/a>,<\/u> our free tool for Windows, can check your system for malware, viruses, and software vulnerabilities. It leverages our premium antivirus engine<\/a> to detect the latest cyberthreats before they can infect your computer. In addition, it automatically keeps the most important software in your system up to date.<\/p>\n

In case you didn\u2019t know, cybercriminals often take advantage of bugs (exploitable flaws in software) to get inside their victims\u2019 PCs. That\u2019s why every Internet user should <\/a>install<\/a> patches<\/a> and security updates for their systems and software as soon as they become available. Kaspersky Security Scan can take care of this task for you as well.
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Having scanned your computer, the tool creates a detailed report on any detected threats and vulnerabilities, which includes recommendations on how to eliminate them and improve the protection of your system.<\/p>\n

Download Kaspersky Security Scan for Windows here to keep your system safe and sound. Reminder: it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n

Update: The product described in this post is discontinued. To protect your desktop or laptop use Kaspersky Free<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kaspersky Security Scan is a free diagnostic tool for those who don\u2019t use antivirus software \u2014 or those who want to double-check their system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":12309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[1733,1652,929,97],"class_list":{"0":"post-12308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-products","8":"category-tips","9":"tag-decryptors","10":"tag-diagnostics","11":"tag-kaspersky-virus-removal-tool","12":"tag-security-2"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/12308\/"},{"hreflang":"en-ae","url":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/5478\/"},{"hreflang":"ar","url":"https:\/\/me.kaspersky.com\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/3838\/"},{"hreflang":"en-us","url":"https:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/7268\/"},{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/7296\/"},{"hreflang":"es-mx","url":"https:\/\/latam.kaspersky.com\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/7236\/"},{"hreflang":"es","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.es\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/8451\/"},{"hreflang":"it","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.it\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/8336\/"},{"hreflang":"ru","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.ru\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/12166\/"},{"hreflang":"tr","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.tr\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/2167\/"},{"hreflang":"fr","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.fr\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/5742\/"},{"hreflang":"pt-br","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.br\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/6337\/"},{"hreflang":"de","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.de\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/8010\/"},{"hreflang":"ja","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.co.jp\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/12131\/"},{"hreflang":"ru-kz","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.kz\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/12166\/"},{"hreflang":"en-au","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/12308\/"},{"hreflang":"en-za","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/what-is-kaspersky-security-scan\/12308\/"}],"acf":[],"banners":"","maintag":{"url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/tag\/diagnostics\/","name":"diagnostics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12308"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36308,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12308\/revisions\/36308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}