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Revision as of 08:33, 6 September 2009

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (Template:Lang-ru; 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.

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."

Users may download an anti-virus 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[2].

Kaspersky Anti-Virus was "A-listed" by the UK PC journal PC Pro in late 2007, where it scored very highly for detection and removal of malware[3]. PC Pro attribute this to “a combination of the software’s heuristic scanning and uncompromising approach to database updates[3]. 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.” [4]

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.

Limitations

Kaspersky Anti-Virus lacks certain features found in Kaspersky Internet Security. These missing features include a personal firewall, HIPS, AntiSpam, AntiBanner and parental control tools.

In addition, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, like the majority of its competitors, is incompatible with numerous other anti-virus and anti-spyware software.[5].

Linux editions

An edition of Kaspersky's anti-virus solution for Linux workstations is available to business consumers.[6] It offers many of the features included in the mainstream version for Windows, including on-access and on-demand scanners.

Specialized editions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus are also available for a variety of Linux servers and offer protection from most forms of malware.

System requirements

XP (SP2 or higher) / XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Vista (32/64-bit) Linux (Red Hat, Mandriva, Fedora, Debian, SUSE)
Processor Intel Pentium 800 MHz or higher (or equivalent) Intel Pentium 800 MHz or higher (or equivalent) Intel Pentium 133 MHz or higher (or equivalent)
RAM 256 MB 512 MB 64 MB
Free hard drive space 50 MB 50 MB 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 that still supported Windows 2000 was 7.0.0.125.

Security flaws

  • In 2005, a critical flaw was discovered that could let an attacker commandeer systems that use Kaspersky Anti-Virus.[7]
  • In 2005, it was discovered that Kaspersky Anti-Virus had a "critical flaw" that allowed CHM files to insert malicious code.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/
  2. ^ http://www.pcworld.com/article/130869/top_antivirus_performers.html
  3. ^ a b http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/120448/kaspersky-antivirus-7.html
  4. ^ Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 wins top awards from PC Pro
  5. ^ Applications which are not compatible with Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009\Kaspersky Internet Security 2009
  6. ^ Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Workstation
  7. ^ Kaspersky flaw 'opens back door'
  8. ^ Kaspersky compromised by another security breach