Before exposing your PC, personal information and family to the wild, shape-shifting dangers of the internet, armor yourself with the formidable Kaspersky Internet Security. Kaspersky continues to evolve and react to ever-changing internet threats and has the proven ability to combat aggressive zero-day and known threats. This internet security is comprehensive and effective. Our TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award-winning software is reliable, and you can trust it to defend your PC, identity and family from malware attacking from all angles.
With Kaspersky security, you can relax and enjoy everything the internet has to offer confidently. This security suite has strong parental controls, identify theft protection, a two-way firewall, safe surfing, Facebook tools, a geo filter, an online banking mode and more. This suite is one of the most all-inclusive suites created. The parental controls are powerful. You can even configure it to block your children from sharing personal information online such as your address, phone number or card numbers.
Eugene Kaspersky wrote his first virus detection utility in 1989 and in 1991 developed the AVP antivirus project, which became the prototype for Kaspersky Antivirus. Kaspersky Labs, founded in 1997, has grown rapidly since 2007 to become one of the top four IT security vendors in the world. Every week, 150,000 new users choose Kaspersky. We have installed, tested and reviewed a variety of their products and they have performed consistently superior to most competitors.
Kaspersky performs phenomenally. Though it is impossible to say that any software is 100 percent effective at detecting all emergent malware, we can say Kaspersky is one of the most capable. Average AV-Test scores for the past two years for this suite are 5.5 out of 6 in protection, 5/6 in repair and 5/6 in usability. In their most recent AV-Test in August of 2011, they earned a nearly unobtainable 6/6 in protection. In the July 2011 AV-Comparatives "Whole Product Real-World Dynamic Test," Kaspersky earned the AV-Comparatives Advanced+ award and scored 98.2% in protection. In the past five years, they passed 26 of 33 (roughly an 80% pass rate) VB100 tests, which may not seem high, but with VB100 even one miss is a fail. VB100 does not list Kaspersky as missing more than one since 2003.
The Kaspersky Internet Security suite has all malware port of entries defended. It can block malware from email, websites, phishing campaigns, P2P file sharing, USB drives, discs, social networking sites, network traffic, chat conversations and network-attached devices. It utilizes cloud-based security balanced with software-based security to fight all types of known and emergent viruses, Trojans, browser hijackers, adware, spyware, worms, bots and keyloggers.
Kaspersky Internet Security includes all security features needed to provide full spectrum protection. It includes powerful parental control tools, identity theft protection, geo filtering, a game mode, a safe browser, a virtual keyboard, social networking protection, an online banking mode and a bootable rescue disc. It also has the ability to run low-profile scans, smart updates, rollbacks, one-click security checks and vulnerability detectors.
The parental control module can maintain numerous user profiles with custom filters and settings. It can also create custom reports so you can quickly see how often your child is online and what websites they visit. You can even monitor their message logs and block them from sharing contact information and card numbers. This module will also control how much time your child spends using applications such as games and when and for how long they can use the computer or internet. The geo filter can be used to block content from specified counties if you are worried about your children compromising your system by downloading content from foreign servers.
To protect you while online, in addition to its antimalware abilities, it also supports a safe run, an online banking mode, a site advisor and a virtual keyboard. The safe run mode can run suspicious sites in a virtual environment separate from your computer. The safe run tool is a "safe desktop" that mimics your actual desktop and it can run not only websites but also unknown applications, files and emails in a safe zone. The online banking mode is also a separate environment that can be used to visit your financial websites securely. The site advisor will advise you of the danger level of URLs before you click on them and will warn you of suspicious sites. The virtual keyboard is a tool that can be used to block your username, logins and card numbers from keyloggers or even those who might be looking over your shoulder.
This security suite can run custom scans, on-demand scans, quick scans, rootkit scans and scheduled scans. Our initial scan took a bit longer than we expected. However, Kaspersky does have the ability to run subsequent scans more quickly since it will not rescan files that have not been opened or altered since the previous scan. Scans can also run utilizing few resources so you can continue watching video and run demanding applications uninterrupted.
Kaspersky provides readily available global support. Their website is localized in over 30 languages and spans all continents. They provide direct support for North America via telephone, email and chat. Through the years, we have found Kaspersky to provide responsive and knowledgeable assistance. Their online support for this suite includes FAQs, free tools and utilities, how-to videos, downloads and upgrades, installation help and virus removal assistance. You can also follow them on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We follow them on Twitter and find that they post interesting and timely security news articles as well as frequent product update information.
Kaspersky Internet Security is reliable and dynamic and can protect all avenues of potential malware entry. This software has proven to be effective against viruses and other malware by passing numerous independent malware tests. Kaspersky also continues to improve their real-world protection. This is beyond a doubt one of the best internet security suites we have tested.
