Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Kaspersky anti-virus

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (Russian: Антивирус Касперского; formerly known as AntiViral Toolkit Pro; often referred to as KAV) is an antivirus program developed by Kaspersky Lab. It is designed to protect users from malware and is primarily designed for computers running Microsoft Windows, though a version for Linux is available for business consumers. A version currently in beta testing has now been developed for (Intel Processor Based) Macintosh OS X (Leopard) v.10.4 and higher. At the moment, Kaspersky Anti-Virus does not officially support the up-and-coming Microsoft Windows 7, but have released a beta "Technical Preview" specific to it.

FEATURES
Kaspersky Anti-Virus features include real-time protection, detection and removal of viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, adware, keyloggers malicious tools and Auto-Dialers, as well as detection and removal of rootkits. It also includes instantaneous automatic updates via the "Kaspersky Security Network" service.
According to Kaspersky, "Kaspersky Security Network service allows users of Kaspersky Lab security products from around the world to help facilitate identification and reduce the time it takes to provide protection against new (“in the wild”) security risks targeting your computer." Kaspersky Lab maintains a strict Privacy Policy for use of this service and asserts that volunteering to use this service by sending certain information "contains no personally identifiable information about the user and is utilized by Kaspersky Lab for no other purposes but to enhance its security products and to further advance solutions against malicious threats and viruses."
Also, users may download an antivirus Rescue Disk that scans the host computer during booting inside an isolated Linux environment. In addition, Kaspersky Anti-Virus prevents itself from being disabled by malware without user permission via password access prompts upon disabling protection elements and changing internal settings. It also scans incoming instant messenger traffic, automatically disables links to known malware hosting sites while using Internet Explorer or Firefox and includes free Technical Support and free upgrades.

AWARDS
According to AV-Comparatives, Kaspersky Anti-Virus rates highly amongst virus scanners in terms of detection rates, even despite the fact that the program has failed two Virus Bulletin tests in 2007.[citation needed] In addition, PC World awarded Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 the Editor's Choice in its 2007 anti-virus comparative.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus was "A-listed" by the prestigious UK PC journal PC Pro in late 2007, where it scored very highly for detection and removal of malware. PC Pro attribute this to “a combination of the software’s heuristic scanning and uncompromising approach to database updates. While many packages check for new virus signatures on a daily basis, Kaspersky runs to an hourly schedule, improving your PC’s chances of being immunized before an infection reaches it.”
Kaspersky Anti-Virus was tested by PassMark in June 2008 and was accoladed as having the "the industry's fastest scan times" on Windows Vista.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
FOR
XP (SP2 or higher) / XP Professional x64 Edition
ProcessorIntel: Pentium 800 MHz or higher (or equivalent)
RAM: 256 MB
Free hard drive space: 50 MB
FOR
Windows Vista (32/64-bit)
Processor: Intel Pentium 800 MHz or higher (or equivalent)
RAM: 512 MB
Free hard drive space: 50 MB
FOR
Linux (Red Hat, Mandriva, Fedora, Debian, SUSE)
Processor :Intel Pentium 133 MHz or higher (or equivalent)
RAM :64 MB
Free hard drive space :100 MB
A DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive, Internet Explorer 5.5 or above and Windows Installer 2.0 or above are also required for the installation of Kaspersky Anti-Virus in Windows.
The last version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus that still supported Windows Me was 6.0.2.621 and the last version to support Windows 2000 was 7.0.0.125.

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