Anti-Virus lacks a personal firewall, which is included in the more expensive Kaspersky Internet Security suite. Anti-spam protection is also not included, but comes with the Internet Security suite. The installation of Kaspersky Anti-Virus is relatively simple, and no different than installing most types of software with a wizard interface.
It takes less than ten clicks to go through the install using the Express setup, which is what most users will want to do.
Product setup is also simple though with one confusing step. Once the license agreements are accepted, the user is prompted to enter their activation code. I came to the conclusion it probably wants the times to be the same so it can determine the exact time your license expires, however I did find the process to be trivial.
Once activated, the product can be used. Protection, Scan, Update, and License categories line the left, with the selected option displayed on the right side of the window. At the very top of the interface, a prominent bar is displayed that indicates whether the program needs attention or not.
Clicking this fixed whatever needed attention and I did not have to take further action. Updates to the database and the program itself are done automatically; I updated once manually to see the process in action.
It looks for vulnerabilities in your set-up and reports them back to you. The other big change is that links to malware sites are disabled. However, the main function of the software is still very much about detecting and stopping a wide array of threats. This feels as though Kaspersky is using Anti-Virus as an entry-level tool while at the same time trying to upgrade people to the more expensive Internet Security Suite.
The asking price includes a license to install the software on pu to three machines attached to the same address. The new interface is a logical move and the new features are worth having. Learn more Home Apps App reviews.
Not so with Kaspersky. By default, it handles notices and alerts on its own, taking what it deems the most appropriate action for the potential threat. You can tell it to ask how you would like to handle threats and potential threats, but you're far better off letting the software handle that for you. The heart of any security suite is its anti-malware protection, and here Kaspersky does a very creditable job. The antivirus engine has been redone from previous versions; it has new algorithms and can take advantage of multiple processors on a machine.
But the scans I did with this version went exceedingly quickly; after my initial scan, it took less than two minutes for all subsequent scans. Another plus: The customizable scanner lets you pause and resume easily; you can even have it automatically reboot or shut down your system after a scan.
As installed, scans aren't on a schedule; you'll have to set those up manually. However, you can customize scanning in many different ways, and can schedule scans to a fine-tuned degree, even having the software do a scan after every signature update. Considering the frequency of signature updates, however, you'd be better off not setting it to work on that schedule.
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