KAV examines every file you access, whether on local, removable, or network drives. You certainly want to perform regular scans, but the real-time protection should catch any malware before it can do harm. And-Zone Labs, are you listening?-the scanner throttles back when the system gets busy. You can scan the entire system, critical areas only, or just start-up objects-either on demand or on a schedule ranging from once every 5 minutes to once a month. Whereas ZoneAlarm scans for viruses and spyware separately-which annoys me-the Kaspersky AV module checks for viruses, spyware, Trojans, and other types of rogue code simultaneously. The speedup in scanning is impressive I haven't seen anything quite like it in other security products.- Continue reading Though Kaspersky maintains there's no way that malware could have taken advantage of the technology, the company now uses a different approach. The method used to mark files as having been scanned, Alternate Data Streams, caused some other detection tools to report that a malicious rootkit might be present. With previous versions, that could cause problems. KAV saves time by scanning only new files and those that have changed since the last scan. Real-world tests by show that the antivirus really is effective against such assaults (and the company is quicker than most to boil a new threat down into an identifying signature). KAV includes features designed to block as yet unknown threats, commonly called zero-day attacks. You won't find the protection for private data or the parental control that many other suites offer, but all the essentials are there. ICSA Labs certifies it for virus detection, and Virus Bulletin has given it the VB100% award.

West Coast Labs awarded it Checkmark certification for virus detection and removal as well as for Trojan and spyware detection. Independent antivirus testing labs give KAV high marks.

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