K7 Antivirus Full Review: Keep It Safe 24/7

K7 Computing is recognized as a leader in providing a safe and secure computing experience for home users and enterprise users across various industries.

This article will discuss the plans, features, prices, pros and cons of K7 Security antivirus to help you decide if it's the one for you or not.
 

1. Third-party testing labs

• AV-Test lab scores

  • K7 antivirus gets a 5/6 score on its ability to detect malicious ware.
     
  • K7 antivirus scores 6/6 in the impact on device performance department, which means it won't take up your device's resources.
     
  • K7 antivirus has a low false-positive rate with a 6/6 usability score. This means it's unlikely to mistake regular files for harmful ones.
     

• AV-Comparatives

  • K7 antivirus scores 3/3 stars (Advanced +) in the performance test; the impact on device performance is negligible, which means it won't take up your device's resources.
     
  • K7 antivirus has a Real-World Protection Test with a 2/3 stars (Advanced) real-world protection score. According to a test conducted with 758 domains/files, this score checks the rate of detection of malicious files and domains.
     
    • K7 antivirus had 35 false positives (False alarms), with the industry average in the test being 17. While successfully blocking 99.6% of threats.
       
  • Malware protection test: K7 antivirus has a 1/3 (Standard) score regarding malware detection. This was done by testing 10102 Test cases with a 99.8% detection and block, with 78 false positives.
     
  • Malware removal test: K7 antivirus has a 1/3 (Standard) score regarding malware removal. This test checks the ability of antivirus to remove malware that has already infected a PC. Out of 11 Test cases, K7 scored 65 out of 100, with the baseline being 83.

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• SE Labs

K7 antivirus, unfortunately, lacks SE Labs data.
 

2. Firewall and IDS protection

K7 antivirus provides firewall protection on all of its plans. It is accessed through the settings subsection through the user interface; this provides an Intrusion detection system (IDS) to keep your network risk-free.

3. USB rescue toolkit

A USB rescue toolkit functions as a backup anti malicious ware, which can be used when booting your device, as in some cases, a malicious ware would hinder your device's ability to boot up.
 

K7 antivirus has three available plans to offer, including K7 Antivirus Premium, K7 Total Security, and K7 Ultimate Security.
 

1. K7 Antivirus Premium

Features provided by the K7 Antivirus Primum plan include:

• Threat protection against malware, ransomware including your device, and e-mail.
   
• Advanced PC Security provides users with a system monitor, USB vaccination, external device scanning.
   
• Internet protection in the form of a smart firewall, intrusion detection & prevention, browser protection, and block drive-by-downloads.

This plan is only available for Windows.

This plan costs $9.00 per year for one device and $20.00 per year for five devices.
 

2. K7 Total Security

K7 Total Security plan adds to the existing features of the Antivirus Premium and provides better services, including the addition of:

• Webcam protection feature is used to stop attempts to spy on users. It is a suitable replacement for the less effective manual duct tape to the camera.
   
• In terms of internet protection and the features provided in the Antivirus premium plan, the addition of a Wi-Fi advisor and website filtering consolidate the security.
   
• Web protection in the form of the Safe Search feature (Cloud-based annotation for search URLs).
   
• Safe Surf (Cloud-based website verification and blocking for phishing and unsafe sites) combined with phishing site blockers help ensure you don't fall for phishing traps.
   
• Anti-spam to maintain a spam-free e-mail environment.
   
• Identity protection to protect you from identity theft.
   
• Privacy and parental control-wise, this plan provides Cookies / ActiveX / Java applets blocking, ad blocking, and application control.

This plan is only available for Windows.

Pricing wise this plan costs $16.20 per year for one device and $36.60 per year for five devices.
 

3. K7 Ultimate Security

This is the most inclusive plan for features and the only one compatible with multiple devices.

It adds a category-based website blocking for better parental control and adds data backup& restore features from external devices and internal ones.

This plan costs $21.00 per year for one device and $47.40 per year for five devices.
 

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K7 Mobile Protection

Mobile Protection for either Android or iOS can be either bought separately or as part of the Ultimate Protection plan.

Android protection includes malware protection, anti-theft, device tracking and control, remote data wipe, storage protection, web protection, and Wi-Fi advisor.

In addition, burglar alarm, location, and monitoring (parental control) features are available. Application privacy (Audit), contacts backup and restore auto-update, Update on roaming, and update on Wi-Fi.

The iOS protection, on the other hand, provides anti-theft, device tracking, burglar alarm, location monitoring, contacts backup and restore, web protection, safe surf, data usage monitor, social network privacy scan.
 

The user interface looks simple. However, some of the features you use are subdivided into the tools part, while others are in the settings sub-menu.
 

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Money-back guarantee

K7 provides a 30-day money-back guarantee for users to try their products.

In case, for any reason, you were not completely satisfied with the purchase of your license, you may send your refund to K7 Computing within 30 days from the date of purchase with the below details:

1. Name
2. E-mail Address
3. Phone Number
4. Company name (if applicable)
5. Date of purchase
6. Order-confirmation number or order confirmation e-mail which you received from K7Computing
7. The specific reason for requesting a refund

Upon receiving the above information, your request will be evaluated and processed, providing a refund by deducting the transaction fee from the original invoice value.

Refund applies only to the below conditions:

• Only if you purchased on the k7computing.com website.
• Only if you request within 30 days from the date of purchase.
• Only if the product is defective, not functioning, not compatible with the computer hardware or the operating system.
• Only if K7 Computing is unable to resolve/fulfill, or satisfy your reason for refund request.
 

Payment methods

K7 Computing has the following methods available for users to pay for their products:

• Major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover).
   

Final Verdict

Is K7 worth it?

I believe you can do better. In terms of third-party lab testing, they tend to get good scores now and then, but they are not consistent and can be sub-par.

K7 lacks diversity with the number of devices per plan as it's limited to one, except on the Ultimate Security plan, where it's limited to three.

Its cross-compatibility is only available on the Ultimate Security plan, also making it a particular pick for users. However, they provide some useful extra features for a fair price, but they are additional features that complement an antivirus's protective function.

I believe a top competitor such as Norton 360 or Bitdefender would be a much better pick with better protection and extra features and higher license/compatibility options for most users.