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Kaspersky Internet Security 7
Author: Ian Cunningham
Published on: 01-05-2008
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Page Index
1. Kaspersky Internet Security 7
2. Kaspersky Anti-Virus
3. Other Features and Conclusion

Introduction

An Introduction to Kaspersky Internet Security 7

Many people now use an Internet Security Suite rather than just a standard anti-virus nowadays, as this offers extra layers of protection against all sorts of other threats. Kaspersky have released “Kaspersky Internet Security 7”, which builds upon their successful anti-virus engine and combines it with the following features:

  • Personal Firewall
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Privacy Controls
  • Parental Controls
  • E-Mail Anti-Spam

This suite of tools will provide the average user with excellent protection against a wide range of computer security threats, much more so than an out of the box system. There are however, plenty of alternative products (at cost or free) which claim to do the same job. It should be expected that a good security package will not only provide good threat protection, but also work in the background with a minimum of use of system resources. This stops the system from slowing down and being considered bloated.


Kaspersky Internet Security Main Window

Firewall Performance

Performance of the KIS7 Firewall

With over a year’s experience of KIS7, every feature of the software has been tested in general computing usage. The Kaspersky firewall takes over the default Vista firewall to provide a much more powerful level of protection when used in training mode. This allows you to allow/deny access to individual applications and ports each time they try to access a network/internet resource. For example, there have been several offline applications requesting internet access for seemingly no reason. These can be blocked and investigated with a few clicks to see if it is a legitimate request.

If you load a new application on your PC that requires internet access, a popup alert will be displayed in the bottom-right hand corner which allows you to choose the access permissions. In this example, an FTP application has been installed and tried to perform a DNS service call (which can be allowed, and remembered for future instances):

If you are an advanced computer user, the chances are that you will make use of the firewall training features and feel more secure in the knowledge you can control the flow of information to/from your PC.




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