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Kaspersky Hell

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First, can anyone with regards to Kaspersky's LAB launcher explain what the acronym "LAB" actually means in longhand?

The reason I ask is because (a) it's constantly updating itself on my laptop, and I do mean near enough 24/7: (b) it cains the memory to the point whereby I almost need a second (Kaspersky-free) device in which to get online these days: (c) there appears to be no meaningful way to configure it anywhere in Settings: (d) that Kaspersky's so-called "Customer Services" means the precise opposite.

Second, if by jettisoning Kaspersky - which I intend to do in short order - will Windows Defender suffice in its place, at least as a stop-gap? Note that I'm a light online user, plus I keep well away from those areas of human interest known to be problematic.

Finally, I'm running Windows 10 on a bog-standard Asus laptop with 4GB of memory.

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Hi, Virginia/Bastet. . . thanks for that! I'll give Defender a go and hopefully I'll get my laptop back again. LAB? There's not a whisper of it on Kaspersky's main website. Leastways I've not spotted it yet. Perhaps they keep it in a deep shelter. Could it be shorthand for laborious, or even labyrinthine? :unsure:
 
I would recommend turning all Kaspersky’s protection settings off - especially any self protection mode then either using Revo Uninstaller free or Kaspersky’s own removal tool To get rid of all its files.

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Kaspersky "Lab". . . Oh, right. Thanks for the explanation. I only raised the issue in order to understand what I was up against, all the better to deal with it.

Before deleting Kaspersky, I will first need to see if it's possible to claw back the outstanding amount of my subscription fee I paid to the company for the installation of their anti-virus software on my hard drive, this on a point of principle more than anything else.
 
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