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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009

Despite winning our Editors' Choice award two years in a row, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 did not impress us enough to extend that run another year. Granted, there are significant improvements to the anti-malicious-software engine in KAV 2009; it is faster, although we only saw evidence of that during the file...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, KAV 2009, Kaspersky

Product reviews 2008-08-01

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 (CD-ROM, 1-Year License)

Photo gallery:Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010Like its more robust sibling, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 leverages anonymous data from its customer base to create a behavioral engine to further strengthen security safeguards. Other than that, though, there's not much to differentiate KAV from its freeware competitors--some of which score better...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, UDS, CD-ROM, Kaspersky, KAV, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010, Kaspersky Anti-Virus

Product reviews 2009-08-26

Kaspersky Internet Security 2009

We were disappointed with Kaspersky Internet Security 2009. While there are significant improvements to the anti-malicious-software engine in Kaspersky Internet Security 2009--it is faster--we only saw evidence of that during the file scan test. In our application and boot tests, the numbers were actually worse than last year. This highlights...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Kaspersky, KIS 2009, Kaspersky Internet security 2009, Kaspersky Internet Security, Microsoft Windows

Product reviews 2008-11-14

Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits

Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploitsPatch your applications...And don't run your browser with administrative rights (in case you forget to patch those applications, e.g., WinAmp, QuickTime, etc).If you're on Windows XP/2000 or Vista and you've foolishly turned off UAC, you can use this tool:http://www.download.com/RemoveAdmin/3000-2381_4-10824971.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10835515Thing is, RemoveAdmin is a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Secunia, popular security suite, exploit, security suite, Kaspersky, security

Discussion threads 2008-10-14