Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal PC Protection Software
Like most antivirus programs the Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal comes equipped with all the necessities to protect your computer from invasion of viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware and adware that will corrupt your files, affect the smooth running of the computer followed by eventual shut down. It offer protection and monitors the computer from constant invasion by these unwanted electronic elements. The program is easy to install and it is user-friendly.
Incoming/outgoing emails are scan for viruses in real time so that they get clean out before they can even make entries through emails. Even viruses concealed in over 700 compressed files formats (such as under ZIP, ARJ, RAR and CAB) get detected and disinfected before they can gain entry. To eliminate the threat of new viruses generated daily, your computer gets daily protection from Kapersky’s online updates of new virus definition every hour.
Kapersky also comes with advanced version of its antivirus software, called the Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 version. Installation process can be quite tricky. But, if you follow the instruction steps carefully it shouldn’t be a problem. It is rather unfortunate the 5.0 version is no longer available as it is replaced by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 version which has to be an improved version. It obviously must have all the features present in the 5.0 version which are:
- Real-time antivirus scanning for email (i.e. POP3, IMAP & NNTP for incoming emails and SMTP for outgoing emails) on any mail program and scanning all HTTP internet traffic for viruses to ensure that any infected objects are not saved to the hard drive.
- Antivirus scanning on demand or on schedule
- Protection from viruses, Trojans and worms
- Protection from spyware and adware and other potentially hostile programs
- Scanning and treatment of archive files
- Automatic hourly updates to antivirus databases
- Support for Intel Centrino mobile technology
These additional features, not found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0, are present in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 and they are as follows:
- SafeStream technology for faster scanning
- Blocks dangerous macros in Microsoft Office documents
- Proactive protection from the latest and unknown malicious programs
- Scans only files that have been created or modified since the last scan
- Scan suspension during periods of increased user activity
- Choice of skins for the graphic user interface
This latest 6.0 version is currently available at $39.95 or 63.92 with its respective 1 or 2 year free subscription plus free online updates. If you are not sure how good this product is, go for a 30 day free trial that is offered for you to test it out. You got nothing to loose if you are still not satisfied.
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