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I spoke to a Kaspersky chat support agent. Apparently there is no solution. It seems you can still get retail copies of the previous UI and functionality in Kaspersky Internet/Total Security. I would rather do that as I do not want this new rubbish system with my email displayed for all to see on the taskbar, frivolous notifications, obfuscating notification settings, invasive news icons. I don't need or want any of that rubbish. Kaspersky took a product that was just fine and made it an annoyance. Why? Do the customers get any say? In the old Kaspersky, if a notification pops up on desktop it has 3 dots that allows you to edit those specific notifications. Now? Noting. You must go read some forums and try to figure out where all the separate, disparate, hidden options are. No. Screw that

These are not solutions. I already did the disable news information the icon isn't removed from taskbar, even after restarting PC. Also, I am forced to have my login and email displayed while active since Premium switch over? Ok, what other antivirus product do not do this? I'll look among the other options for a less invasive product. EDIT: You can only remove the icon by opening every news article Kaspersky forces on you. I won't play these stupid games with Kaspersky. If it ain't broke don't fix it. This is a fail on their part.

1) I don't like being forced to keep being signed in to the app to have it active on my PC. The old Kaspersky let you just provide your activation code with a once-off purchase and no more bothering after that. How can you run it on desktop without it showing your account email login? Purchasing Kaspersky Premium didn't provide an activation key 2) How do I remove the annoying green envelope "Unread News" icon in the hidden icon taskbar tray. I never signed up to be bothered by this nonsense.