K7 Total Security versus K7 Ultimate Security: What’s the difference?

 Nowadays, we all know how important it is to protect our devices from malware. There are multiple antiviruses like the K7 Antivirus, and they have come up with the K7 Total Security and K7 Ultimate Security. But selecting the correct antivirus is difficult. This article will help you select the correct antivirus.

 

An Overview of the K7 Total Security:

A product developed by K7 Computing and part of the K7 Antivirus software is helpful in different sectors like hacking, spam, malware, etc. It was introduced in 2012 and is only functional on the Windows operating system.

The various advantages of K7 Total Security include a firewall, spam filtering, parental control, and an easy control system. The unique feature for parents that it comes with can prevent children from misusing specific unwanted sites.

 

An Overview of the K7 Ultimate Security:

 

It is also developed by K7 Computing and part of the K7 Antivirus software. It offers protection in various aspects. It provides a significant upgrade to security regarding Windows Operating System.

 

Main Differences between K7 Total Security and K7 Ultimate Security:

 

●        K7 Total Security offers Web deployment; it is much more suitable to use K7 Ultimate Security in this case. Most importantly, it depends on the type of device one uses.

 

●        K7 Ultimate Security can be considered an ideal choice for most industries. K7 Total Security is very much suitable for an industry like ITES. You should check for its efficiency based on Industry-specific functions and then make your choice.

 

●        The K7 Ultimate Security provides total protection in the case of emails. At the same time, parental control is one of the most eye-catching features of the K7 Total Security.

 

●        The K7 Total Security is available for use only on desktops. On the other hand, K7 Ultimate Security offers services on various devices like mobiles, tablets, and iPad.

 

●        Besides the malware protection offered by both, K7 Ultimate Security also provides Web Filtering, Phishing protection, Vulnerability Scan, and anti-spam.

 

●        K7 Total Security offers free upgrades to the users.

 

●        The K7 Total Security and the K7 Ultimate Security got good scores from independent testing labs, but the K7 Ultimate Security takes the edge.

 

Conclusion:

 

We can conclude from the above points that both the K7 Total Security and K7 Ultimate Security are unique products of the K7 Antivirus software and K7 Computing develops both. They were both set into action at different points in time. Thus, when choosing which will suit your needs effectively, you should consider referring to the differences mentioned earlier.

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