Kaspersky Anti-Virus

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (Russian: Антивирус Касперского; formerly known as Antiviral Toolkit Pro; often abbreviated as KAV) is an antivirus program which was developed by Kaspersky Lab. It was primarily developed for computers with Windows and Mac OS users and to protect against malware. For business customers, there is also a Linux version.

Functions

Kaspersky Anti-Virus has real-time protection, detection and removal of viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, adware, keyloggers, malware, auto dialers, as well as detection and removal of rootkits. Furthermore, it gives Kaspersky Anti-Virus automatic real-time updates from the Kaspersky Security Network service.

Kaspersky Security Network service allows users to identify malicious software.

Windows users have the option to download an anti- virus Rescue Disk. This scans the host computer out during the boot process from an isolated Linux environment. In addition, Kaspersky prevents an internal password protection is a possibility that malware disables the anti-virus protection or changes internal settings. It also scans incoming instant messenger traffic, e- mail traffic and automatically disables links to known malware sites that are accessible through Internet Explorer or Firefox.

The program includes also is a free technical support and free program upgrades within the paid subscriptions. Kaspersky Lab currently offers annual, two-year and three-year subscriptions.

Test results

In the test by AV -Comparatives, Kaspersky Antivirus 2013 was named one of the fastest virus scanner and was nominated as the Advanced . Here, more than 20 well-known anti-virus solutions with the help of benchmarks PC Mark 7 were examined for the speed when copying and archiving of data, as well as installing and starting the software out.

Limitations

Kaspersky Anti-Virus lacks some features that has Kaspersky Internet Security. These functions are a personal firewall, HIPS, Secure Keyboard, antispam, banners and child protection functions. Also, Kaspersky is how many of its competitors incompatible with other anti - virus and anti - spyware software.

Macintosh

Published in 2009 Macintosh version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus runs on all (Intel processor -based ) Mac OS X Tiger (or higher) Macs, including the version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard from the year 2009. According to Kaspersky Lab requires the program only 1 percent of CPU power. It also has a Mac - like interface with the Mac users are familiar with. Kaspersky Anti -Virus for Mac includes definition of malicious software for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X to detect and block equally. Kaspersky Anti -Virus for Mac also scans shared folders from Windows users using a Virtual PC. To this end, it requires correspondingly powerful Apple Macintosh PCs.

Linux

A Kaspersky Anti- virus solution for Linux workstations is available for business customers. This provides most of the functionality of the Windows version, including the on-access and on-demand scanner. Special editions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus are also available for a variety of Linux servers. They offer protection against most forms of malware.

System

Requirements for Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows are also a DVD or CD -ROM drive, Internet Explorer 8.0 or later and Windows Installer 3.0 or later. The latest version can either be downloaded on the official website or can be purchased at retail. The latest version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, which still Supported Windows Me was 6.0.2.621. The last version that still supports Windows 2000 is 7.0.0.125.