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You may not be familiar with the Kaspersky name as it has only recently been heavily marketed in the United States, but is recognized as an industry leader in Internet security software throughout Europe and Asia. In fact, their anti-spyware and anti-virus technology is so good that it is licensed into the products of over 120 other software companies including software giant Microsoft.
Kapersky's strength is their industry leading anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. Their virus and spyware/adware definitions are automatically updated to your computer hourly which means they can effectively detect even the newest threats to your Internet security and computer's health. Kaspersky also offers a very unique feature called 'Roll Back'. When a threat to your computer is identified you can choose to roll back your system to before the virus or spyware infection occurred. We tested this feature by downloading some known spyware onto our computer with Kapersky installed. The software immediately identified the threat and the process of 'rolling back' was simple and painless. Kaspersky's spam and phishing detection are not as extensive as some of the other services we have reviewed. That being said, Kaspersky does offer a unique image spam analysis engine that can evaluate the risk of images sent an email. Many other spam filters have difficulty with identifying image spam versus images you may want to receive in email which can lead to false positives and cause messages from your friends and family to end up in your spam filter. While Kaspersky Internet Security doesn't include any explicit identity theft protection it does include some features that certainly would make it more difficult for criminals to steal your identity. For example, they do provide additional layers of security on sites where you may be entering sensitive personal information and account details. The new 2009 release also includes an on-screen keyboard that can be used when entering passwords or other personal information, in order to thwart keyloggers. At $79.99, Kaspersky is on the more expensive end of the spectrum versus other Internet security software providers. However, this price does include up to three licenses and their industry leading virus and spyware protection. We think that Kaspersky Internet Security is best suited for consumers that are looking for world class virus and spyware protection but don't require extensive spam protection because they already have a spam filtering solution in place. System Requirements: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista |
| Price: | $79.99/yr for up to 3 users |
| Virus Protection: | Hourly updates provide real-time virus protection |
| Adware and Spyware Protection: | Best spyware/adware protection available |
| Identity Theft Protection: | Protection against password and personal information theft over the Internet |
| Spam and Phishing Protection: | Phishing site alerts; Spam protection including image spam analysis |
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