That's good because you notice it; it's bad because usually it's flagging not a problem with your machine, but with the program itself. Click the Fix Now and, in most cases, you'll discover that you only need to download the latest updates. This is automated and probably halfway done by the time you realize it.
The fact the system is self-updating is clear if you look to the left; there's a percentage indicator showing how the update is progressing. Messaging for system scans is also confusing. After running a quick scan, we were simply taken back the scan screen, not a results page.
Even if there were no results, we expected to see some indication that we had a clean system most products show a blank results screen. Instead, it appeared as though we hadn't run the Quick Scan which takes less than 1 minute. In fact, we had run the test several more times before we realized there is a report button. Many of the screens within KIS have hard-to-see buttons that will reveal details if asked. In this case, however, the button only displayed the times at which the scans ran with no real confirmation that our system was clean.
Kaspersky representatives said they'd take our suggestions under review. Features Like most Internet security suites today, KIS includes antivirus, antispyware, a personal firewall, antiphishing, antispam, and even antirootkit protection.
The extras set it apart. Unfortunately, not all the extras feel fully baked. It's a wizard that helps restore a system to a previous state when a virus or malicious software has caused a problem. In the case where malicious code has deleted system files, KAV includes the capability to create a Rescue Disk. Of course, you need to do that advance, and KAV never prompted us to do so.
While we really like the idea, the execution of Kaspersky's new Security Analyzer needs more work. It's good that it checks with the Secunia database for the latest reported vulnerabilities and vendor updates. There's also an Intrusion Prevention System, among a variety of other protection tools.
Kaspersky is packed with lots of wizards and extras, such as a Security Analyzer wizard, which scans your system for vulnerable applications and holes. If it finds any security vulnerabilities, lists how critical the problem is such as "Very dangerous" , and includes a link to a description of the vulnerability and a fix if one is available. On my test machine, it found nine vulnerabilities, all having to do with software whose older versions had holes.
Patching each of the apps using the link provided solved the problem. The wizard also analyzes browser and system vulnerabilities, and recommends fixes. For example, it suggested that I turn off autorun on network drives, along with a variety of browser changes, such as turning on a setting to clear browser cache whenever I exit the browser.
Not everything in the suite is up to the standards of its firewall and anti-malware modules. Kaspersky's content filtering, in particular, needs help, and its antiphishing filter is less than useful.
It frequently let me visit phishing sites that Firefox blocked -- you'll be far better served by using your browser's built-in phishing filter than relying on Kaspersky's.
In addition, the Parental Control tool is difficult to use, without many advanced options. It doesn't offer as many types of filters as some other parental control software, and it doesn't have a way to block certain games from being played. The Banner Ad Blocker, though, works well, if you want to surf the Web with fewer ads.
By default it's turned on, although you can easily turn it off. If you already have antivirus or other security software running, you'll need to uninstall it before installing Kaspersky. If not, there's a good chance you'll run into installation problems. I was running Avast and disabled it for the installation, but under Windows Vista, I received error messages that Kaspersky couldn't write to portions of the Registry and so it wouldn't install -- but the program didn't tell me the source of the problem was Avast.
In a Windows XP installation, Kaspersky warned me that Avast needed to be uninstalled, and offered to do the uninstallation itself. However, choosing that option only resulted in an endless loop, with Avast still uninstalled. I am trying to download the latest version from their website KIV 8. If anyone has any thoughts? Ok i have an update, i used a prior download link that i received when i signed up to the 30day free trial. I installed that and re-entered my product key i realised that i was entering the incorrect number it has now installed and updated.
So far seems to be working normally again. Maybe i am misunderstanding but i checked out that dev build and that is for Anti virus not Internet Security.
Kaspersky Internet Security Version 8. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Kaspersky Lab Internet Security specifications. Related product manuals. Unfortunately, we do not have the manual for the Kaspersky Lab Internet Security available in English.
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