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{{Infobox software
| name = K7 Total Security
| logo = [[File:K7-logo.png]]
| screenshot = 
| caption = K7 Total Security's [[Graphical User Interface]]
| developer = K7 Computing
| founder = J Kesavardhanan <ref>https://www.k7computing.com/in/about-us</ref>⏎
| released = 2012
| latest_release_version = Version 14.2
| latest_release_date = 2014
| latest_preview_version=
| operating_system = {{unbulleted list|[[Microsoft Windows]] | [[MacOS]] | [[IOS|iOS]] |[[Android (operating system)|Android]] }}
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = [http://www.k7computing.com www.k7computing.com]</br>[http://www.k7computing.com UK]</br>[http://www.k7computing.com IRL]</br>[http://www.k7computing.com SA]
}}

'''K7 Total Security''', developed by K7 Computing Pvt. Ltd., is a [[malware]] prevention and [[antivirus software]], and provides [[malware]] prevention and removal during a subscription period and uses [[Antivirus software#Signature based detection|signatures]] and [[Antivirus software#Heuristics|heuristics]] to identify [[Computer Virus|viruses]]. Other features include a software [[firewall (computing)|firewall]], e-mail [[spam (electronic)|spam]] filtering and [[phishing]] protection.

K7 Computing distributes the product as a [[download]], a [[box copy]], and as [[OEM]] software.

== K7 Computing ==

K7 Computing Pvt. Ltd. is a software and hardware security company <cite>Founded in 1991 by Jayaraman Kesavardhanan in Chennai, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.k7computing.com/en/About-Us/K7-Management-Team.php|title=Online Defence System For Home & Enterprise - K7 Computing|publisher=}}</ref></cite>.

The company has 90+ employees in its Chennai HQ<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.k7computing.com/en/About-Us/aboutus.php|title=About Us|publisher=}}</ref>.

The company has 90+ employees in its Chennai HQ with more employees all around the world. Software research and virus detection is handled by its own virus lab in Chennai.

K7 Computing is a member of AVAR (Association of Anti Virus Asia Researchers)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aavar.org/en/|title=AVAR|publisher=}}</ref><cite>Jayaraman Kesavardhanan, Founder and CTO of K7 Computing was granted the Best Member Award in recognition of his significant contributions to AVAR for the year 2008 Chennai, TN, 16 December 2008<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081216/k7-computing-avar.htm International Business Times, K7 Computing CTO Wins Best Member Award in AVAR 2008, retrieved August 1, 2011]</ref></cite> <cite>K7 Computing's Cloud Computing division built on windows platform, K7 Cloud Solutions was formed as a result of K7 Computing's acquisition of BinaryKarma, a Chennai, India based start-up working on products in the area of Virtualization Management.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.k7cloud.com/about.html|title=K7Cloud - About Us|publisher=}}</ref></cite>

J. Kesavardhanan serves as its Founder and Chief Technology Officer.<ref>https://www.k7computing.com/in/about-us</ref>

==Products==
K7 Computing has been developing [[antivirus]] software for 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.k7computing.com/en/About-Us/aboutus.php|title=About Us|publisher=}}</ref>

The most recognized [[antivirus software]] from K7 Computing is K7 Total Security<ref>[http://www.articletrader.com/computers/software/k7-computing-launches-new-customer-awareness-and-brand-campaign-for-k7-total-security-10.html David Salt, Articlereader, K7 Total Security 10 launched February 2010, retrieved August 8, 2011]</ref> which won AV-Comparatives Performance Test for 2010,<ref>[http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/performance/performance_dec_2010.pdf AV Comparatives Performance Test, December 2010 (PDF)]</ref> version 11 was released in February 2011 together with K7 Ultimate Security 11 and Antivirus Plus and Antivirus Premium. On 15 June 2011 K7 released Business Edition of its Antivirus security K7 Enterprise Security - Business orientated antivirus product offering remote management and installation.<ref>[http://www.k7computing.co.uk/About-Us/pr/101_K7_Enterprise_Security_uk.pdf K7 Enterprise Security PDF Datasheet, K7 website (PDF), retrieved August 1, 2011]</ref>

Home Users: <ref>https://www.k7computing.com/in/home-users</ref>⏎
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Home Users:
* K7 Antivirus Premium
* K7 Total Security
* K7 Ultimate Security
* K7 Antivirus for Mac

Smartphone Users:
* K7 Mobile Security - Android
* K7 Mobile Security - iOS

For Small Offices: 
* K7 Business Security <ref>https://www.k7computing.com/in/business-users/business-security</ref>

Enterprise Edition products: 
*K7 Enterprise Security  and K7 Enterprise Security Premium (with additional firewall), 
*K7 Mail Security for MS Exchange<ref>[http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/performance/performance_aug_2011.pdf PR DigitalMediaNet (PDF), October 2011]</ref>

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K7 Total Security, released 2002, was K7 Computing's first security suite for Windows PCs. The service at that time offered basic protection for Internet users such as Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware Tools, Anti-Spam and Basic Firewall.

==Reception==

===Performance===

In the field of performance, K7 is very low in resources. Their site reports that K7 Total Security 10 has the fastest virus-scanning engine to date.
<ref>{{cite web | title=K7 Computing Antivirus and Internet Security Software Suite India | url = http://www.k7computing.in/why-k7 | author=K7 Computing | publisher=K7 Computing | date= | accessdate=2010-05-12}}</ref>

K7 Total Security 10 won the best performing [[antivirus]] for 2010 by AV-Comparatives<ref>{{cite web | title=Performance Test | url = http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/performance/performance_dec_2010.pdf |date= | accessdate=2010-12-13 |format=PDF}}</ref> as well for 2011,<ref>[http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/performance/performance_nov_2011.pdf (PDF) AV-Comparatives performance test August 2011]</ref> and K7 Antivirus Plus won in November 2011.<ref>[http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/performance/performance_nov_2011.pdf (PDF) AV-Comparatives performance test Nov 2011]</ref> VB-100 award received in December 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/vendor?id=51,|title=Virus Bulletin :: VB100|publisher=virusbtn.com}}</ref> and August 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://k7press.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/k7_total_security_secured_august_vb-100_award/|title=K7 Total Security secured August VB-100 award|work=K7 Computing Press}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.k7computing.com K7 Computing HQ Website]
* [http://www.k7computing.co.uk K7 Computing UK Website]
* [http://www.k7computing.ie K7 Computing Ireland Website]
* [http://www.k7.se K7 Computing Swedish Website]
* [http://k7-russia.ru K7 Computing Russia Website]

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