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In this case, however, the button only displayed the times at which the scans ran with real no confirmation that our system was clean. Kaspersky representatives said they'd take our suggestions under review. Features Like most antivirus software today, KAV concentrates on three specific areas: files and memory; e-mail and instant-message protection; and Web traffic 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. But it's bad that upon our first run our test system had vulnerabilities.

Bad because there is no one-stop shopping here--we needed to click on each alert individually. We also had to download the correct patch for our system, but which version of the vulnerable software are we running? It gets confusing and tedious even for someone relatively tech savvy. It would be good if the scanner also identified not only that you are running vulnerable software, but also which version of the software you are running.

Sometimes fixing one removes others, but the current implementation leaves the process unclear. However, it managed to halve its individual file scan time. In third-party, independent antivirus testing using live viruses, Kaspersky Anti-Virus scored in the upper ranks, although not always at the top position. On the CNET iTunes test, Kaspersky Anti-Virus came in way above the test system at seconds, 3 seconds longer than last year's result and 7 seconds more than the test system.

In a test scanning a single folder with compressed and media files, Kaspersky Anti-Virus had better results, completing this test in seconds, or roughly half the time it took last year seconds. Although in terms of boot speed, Kaspersky took longer this year In terms of whether Kaspersky Anti-Virus will protect your PC, we cite results from two leading independent antivirus testing organizations.

In the latest test results from AV-Comparatives. From CheckVir. Support Kaspersky Anti-Virus provides an excellent context-sensitive help file. Features Norton has, in the past, included some sophisticated technology from its enterprise products, which is good because it's cutting-edge, but it's also bad, because it doesn't necessarily integrate with the product, nor is it necessary. In Norton AntiVirus , they seem to have found the right balance. Whitelisting, the buzzword of security products for , is included, and by marrying it with other technologies, Symantec makes it more suited for the user.

Files on a whitelist are deemed trusted, and thus do not need to be scanned as often. Not all "safe files" make it onto the whitelist. For those, Norton uses a community process, called Insight, similar to that used by other security products such as Haute Secure. The thinking is that if thousands of other people are using this suspicious file, chances are it's not a new piece of malicious software but a new application.

On the other hand, if only a few are using it, then maybe it's worth it to take another look to see if it's malicious software. Malicious software signature updates are provided much faster, in some cases within five minutes of the last update. Gone is the awful LiveUpdate component of past Norton products. With products, Symantec is providing antimalware definition signatures every few minutes or so.

On the interface, you'll see a notice indicating how many minutes since the last update. We didn't see definitions older than four minutes in our testing.

Missing still are the various security utilities provided in other products, namely McAfee VirusScan. We would like to see, for instance, a secure file eraser or the capability to trace potentially malicious IP addresses within Norton AntiVirus Nor is there any mobile-specific security solution provided within Norton AntiVirus In third-party, independent AntiVirus testing using live viruses, Norton products have scored in the upper ranks, although not always in the top position.

In a test scanning a single folder with compressed and media files, Norton AntiVirus came in at seconds, which was the upper end of middle.

In terms of boot speed, once again Norton came at a fast 31 seconds. In terms of how well Norton AntiVirus will protect your PC, we cite results for Norton AntiVirus from two leading independent antivirus testing organizations. In the latest test results from AV-Comparatives.

From CheckVir. Support Symantec has dropped its overinflated per-call pricing schemes of the past; all regular telephone technical support calls are finally free. That's good. However, its online manual and knowledgebase could be more robust, and an in program link to its community forums would be wise.

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