Kaspersky Free version expiration date keeps getting longer somehow

[khalidkaspersky]

Hello, about 4-5 months ago my friend recommended me to get Kaspersky as he also used it, when I told him from where he downloaded it, he told me that there was a free Kaspersky version that I can probably find on YouTube, so I searched on YouTube something like "Free Kaspersky version", after opening one of the videos and watching it, I went to the description where I found the download link: https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-antivirus, I opened it and checked if it was an official link or not, the domain should have been the official one, I even copy & pasted the last part (subdirectory or path) of the link and pasted it to the official Kaspersky domain to make sure it wasn't a fake link, then I tried to find this download page from the Kaspersky homepage to check if it was by the official Kaspersky or not, but I couldn't find it, I downloaded it anyway because my friend just said that it was safe and the official link, after that I opened the file and I setup Kaspersky fully, then I checked the expiration date, and it was going to end in a month, so after like 3 weeks of using Kaspersky, I checked the expiration date again and it became longer and it gave me 2 months extra, then after it almost expired again, the same thing happened, I didn't think much of it until I watched a YouTube video about some fake Kaspersky versions that were being spread around that were actually malware, this video was from a YouTuber I remember watching before knowing about Kaspersky, so I don't think it's a problem with the algorithm.

Sorry if this was a dumb topic/post, I just find it confusing why I couldn't find that Kaspersky version from the main webpage and why the expiration date keeps getting longer and never ending, and I am scared if it was an unofficial version somehow.
Here is the link again: https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-antivirus

[andrew75]

Yes, this is the official download link for Kaspersky Free.
The license is renewed automatically.

https://support.kaspersky.com/help/Kaspersky/Win21.19/en-US/101565.htm

[khalidkaspersky]

6 minutes ago, andrew75 said:

Yes, this is the official download link for Kaspersky Free.
The license is renewed automatically.

https://support.kaspersky.com/help/Kaspersky/Win21.19/en-US/101565.htm

Oh alright sorry, thanks for answering!

I am a bit confused why it has an expiration date if it just renews for completely free forever, I feel like it would make more sense if they just didn't display the expiration date or if they just said that it doesn't end, do you know why that link is like hidden from their website though? (Sorry if it was there and I just didn't notice it)

[andrew75]

I think the company just doesn't want to advertise free antivirus.