Kaspersky Antivirus

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Plan

INTRODUCTION

MAIN PART

1. Kaspersky Antivirus                                                                                                
2. Basic protection                                                                                                                    
3. Threat prevention                                                                                                                   
4. Ease of use                                                                                            

CONCLUSION

USED LITERATURE

Kaspersky Antivirus – antivirus software developed by Kaspersky Lab. Provides the user with protection against viruses, Trojans, spyware, rootkits, adware, as well as from unknown threats using proactive protection, including the HIPS component (only for versions referred to as "Kaspersky Internet Security 2009+, where '+' is the ordinal number of the previous register, annually increased by one in accordance with the number the year following the year of release of the next version of the antivirus"). Initially, in the early 1990s, it was called -V, then - AntiViral Toolkit Pro.

In addition to the antivirus itself, a free Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is also being released.

There was also previously a free version of Kaspersky Free antivirus with a free license for 365 days (there is no "Activity Monitoring" and "Network Monitoring" in it). Instead, the Kaspersky Security Cloud Free application has been released, in which these protection components are present and the performance of the program has been increased.

Basic protection

• Protection against viruses, Trojans and worms.
• Protection against spyware and adware.
• Checking files automatically and on demand.
• Checking mail messages (for any mail clients).
• Checking Internet traffic (for any Internet browsers).
• Protection of Internet pagers (ICQ, MSN).
• Activity monitoring (collects data about the actions of programs on the computer and provides this information to other components for more effective protection).
• Protection against exploit programs.
• Protection against screen lock programs.
• Undo actions of a malicious program (allows you to undo all actions performed by the program if the program is recognized as malicious).
• Protection against encryption Trojans.
• Checking Java and Visual Basic scripts.
• Protection against hidden broken links.
• Constantly checking files offline.
• Permanent protection against phishing sites.

Threat prevention

• Search for vulnerabilities in the OS and installed software.
• Analysis and elimination of vulnerabilities in the Internet Explorer browser.
• Blocking links to infected sites.
• Recognition of viruses by the way they are packaged.
• Global Threat Monitoring (Kaspersky Security Network).

Ease of use

• Automatic program configuration during installation.
• Ready-made solutions (for typical problems).
• Visual display of the results of the program.
• Informative dialog boxes for the user to make informed decisions.
• The ability to choose between simple (automatic) and interactive modes of operation.
• Round-the-clock technical support.
• Automatic database updates.

Awards

• As of January 2010, Kaspersky Anti-Virus has 51 VB100 awards from Virus Bulletin.

• Antivirus has the following awards of the Russian AntiMalware portal: Gold Packers Support (August 2006), Silver Malware Treatment Award Gold (September 2007), Anti-Rootkit Protection Award (December 2007), Silver Proactive Protection Award (December 2007), Gold Anti-Polymorphic Protection Award (February 2008), Silver Performance Award: System Startup, Silver Performance Award On-Access Scanning, Bronze Performance Award On-Demand Scanning, Bronze Performance Award Office Software (August 2008), Gold Malware Treatment Award (October 2008), Gold Self-Protection Award (August 2007 and January 2009), Gold Proactive Protection Award (March 2009), Gold Zero-day Protection Award (November 2009).
• March 2009 — Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 was awarded the Choice of Channel 2008 industry award in the category "Best New Product

of the Year". The winners of the Choice of Channel 2008 professional competition were determined by the leading companies in the computer industry, representatives of the largest retail chains, as well as computer hardware and software stores in the Middle East.

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