I don’t know if I should be asking this question on this forum, but here goes anyway. I’ve been a Kaspersky user for 15+ years & never had any hackers or malicious stuff access my computer in that time. Would there be much difference between the 2019 & 2018 which I’m using now?
I decided a while ago not to use Kaspersky software because my bank no longer provided a free licence and various published security concerns.
I've been fine using Defender augmented by offline scans by AdwCleaner and Malwarebytes.
Not getting into the geopolitics of it all, Kaspersky products are among the top security products scoring pretty well in tests performed by AV test labs. I use their Anti-Ransomware Tool for Business. You can choose to use them or avoid them for a varied number of reasons. However, if you're not sure, here's a good video on the subject
Should you use Kaspersky products? | Kaspersky vs US Government
As for what's new in 2019 versions, here's a link to one of their blog pages
Securing the year 2019
In a nutshell, the 2019 versions seem to feature performance improvements, improved security based on a combination of behavioral analysis and machine learning, better integration with Windows 10, default adware deletion and better user experience among other things.
If your current license for the 2018 version of their product is ending and if you think that the new version is worthy of an upgrade, go for it else you can stay with the current version.
Hope that helps.
From the blog post that I linked above
Download links are also available at the end of that blog post.For those of you who are already using 2018 or earlier versions of our solutions, you can upgrade to newer versions free simply by installing them. No need to delete the older version, and your license will remain intact.
My thanks to all who posted & gave your input on this thread which helped me to decide what course to follow. A big thumbs up to you guys.
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