Yandex, the leading search engine portal in Russia has signed a deal with Kaspersky Anti-Virus to bundle their product into their desktop application, Ya Online.
Ya Online is free desktop software, which connects to their mail service (Yandex Post), allows users to search and gives them information on the weather and traffic in Moscow. It will now also provide free anti-virus cover for the users. Yandex estimate they have 200,000 users of the Ya Online service.
Ya Online can be download here
Source: Yandex News
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Thanks for the info! I’ll definiately try the app!
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