Kaspersky Question

[puns]

I'm considering changing over to the Kaspersky
anti-virus program & would appreciate your input on my
questions/comments concerning Kaspersky.
1. Kaspersky scans the whole system on startup which
takes forever! I thought there was an update to
remedy this?
2. Kaspersky has a very long scan time & if you cut
the scan short you lose all of what it found!
3. At the present time do you feel that Kaspersky is
the top anti-virus program or have you tried
others that are equal or better?

I'm presently using NOD32 but unfortunately there
is a lot to configure & it has missed a
trojan that Kaspersky detected.

Any comments or recommendations concerning the
above would be most appreciated.

Thank You

 

[Ron Lopshire]

I'm considering changing over to the Kaspersky
anti-virus program & would appreciate your input on my
questions/comments concerning Kaspersky.
1. Kaspersky scans the whole system on startup which
takes forever! I thought there was an update to
remedy this?
2. Kaspersky has a very long scan time & if you cut
the scan short you lose all of what it found!
3. At the present time do you feel that Kaspersky is
the top anti-virus program or have you tried
others that are equal or better?

I'm presently using NOD32 but unfortunately there
is a lot to configure & it has missed a
trojan that Kaspersky detected.

Any comments or recommendations concerning the
above would be most appreciated.

Thank You

On my system, WinXP Home SP2 w/ 3GHz P4, 512 MB RAM & 160 GB HD, a full
KAV scan takes 45 minutes. I do mine at 3:00 AM when I am sleeping. ;-)
The only time that I even know the KAV is active is 1) when it updates
.... I set it to hourly so that each update takes the least amount of
time (I kind of like the finger-popping noise), and 2) when I get a
Helkern attack,

http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=970183

about once an hour or two. I am starting to get annoyed with that damned
screeching cat, though. <g>

A lot of people around here like NOD32, but even then also use, or have
available, the Kaspersky On-line Scan. The Kaspersky engine is second to
none.

If you need help configuring an off-time scan, ask the Gurus in the
Kaspersky Labs Forum:

http://forum.kaspersky.com/

Good Luck,
Ron

 

[Art]

I'm considering changing over to the Kaspersky
anti-virus program & would appreciate your input on my
questions/comments concerning Kaspersky.
1. Kaspersky scans the whole system on startup which
takes forever! I thought there was an update to
remedy this?
2. Kaspersky has a very long scan time & if you cut
the scan short you lose all of what it found!
3. At the present time do you feel that Kaspersky is
the top anti-virus program or have you tried
others that are equal or better?

I'm presently using NOD32 but unfortunately there
is a lot to configure & it has missed a
trojan that Kaspersky detected.

Any comments or recommendations concerning the
above would be most appreciated.

You don't say which version you're trying out, but version 6 Betas of
KAV and KIS (Kaspersky Internet Security) have several modules and
types of protection. To speed up the basic file scanning module, it
keeps a record of files already scanned, and only scans files that
have changed in time stamp or file size. So after initially choking
your system to death, file scanning speeds up greatly thereafter.
You'll also notice this while applications load. The first time,
loading is slow but it speeds up thereafter.

Another thing that slows KAV and KIS down is that all files are
scanned now by default. There are good reasons for doing this.
With earlier versions, archive and email scanning were not enabled
by default, and a "smart" scan mode was set where files were scanned
by their type. This mode is relatively _much_ faster, but skipping
archives isn't the smartest thing to do nowdays, actually. CHM archive
type files, for example, can be dangerous and should be scanned.

Bottom line is, that average users who have to live with realtime
av are best off using KAV, but they'll need a pretty powerful PC
to handle it well and not be annoyed by it's slowdown effects.

If you're smart, you''ll learn enough to not need realtime
"protection", and not be concerned with scan speeds. It's much
easier than you might imagine.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

 

[Manuel Fischer]

1. Kaspersky scans the whole system on startup which
takes forever! I thought there was an update to
remedy this?

This bug has been fixed months ago...

2. Kaspersky has a very long scan time & if you cut
the scan short you lose all of what it found!

At every time you can pause or stop the scan. All scanned files
are "marked" and later scans are faster.

3. At the present time do you feel that Kaspersky is
the top anti-virus program or have you tried
others that are equal or better?

I read several tests where Kaspersky found significantly more viruses
than other AV programs. After installing Kaspersky it found many
viruses (mainly old emails) which Norton Antivirus does not found.

Manuel

 

[louise]

This bug has been fixed months ago...


At every time you can pause or stop the scan. All scanned files
are "marked" and later scans are faster.


I read several tests where Kaspersky found significantly more viruses
than other AV programs. After installing Kaspersky it found many
viruses (mainly old emails) which Norton Antivirus does not found.

Manuel

I'm running NOD32 and I just ran Kaspersky online. I had the same
experience as the only virus it found was in an email. BUT - what
it found was in an archived OUtlook pst file from 2003. If I want
to get rid of the virus, it seems as if I have to delete the
archive and lose all that information.

Is there a better way?

TIA

Louise

 

[puns]

Louise,
Did Kaspersky say virus or a trojan? (maybe they are both the same?)

 

[louise]

Louise,
Did Kaspersky say virus or a trojan? (maybe they are both the same?)

They said "virus" and they are not the same

Louise

 

[Gary]

I'm considering changing over to the Kaspersky
anti-virus program & would appreciate your input on my
questions/comments concerning Kaspersky.
1. Kaspersky scans the whole system on startup which
takes forever! I thought there was an update to
remedy this?
2. Kaspersky has a very long scan time & if you cut
the scan short you lose all of what it found!
3. At the present time do you feel that Kaspersky is
the top anti-virus program or have you tried
others that are equal or better?

I'm presently using NOD32 but unfortunately there
is a lot to configure & it has missed a
trojan that Kaspersky detected.

Any comments or recommendations concerning the
above would be most appreciated.

Thank You

1. You can disable the startup scan and these settings are under settings
tab configure on demand scanner. 2. You can disable the scheduled scan and
do a full scan when you are a way from your computer. 3. It is the best for
all types of viruses and trojans.

 

[Manuel Fischer]

I'm running NOD32 and I just ran Kaspersky online. I had the same
experience as the only virus it found was in an email. BUT - what
it found was in an archived OUtlook pst file from 2003. If I want
to get rid of the virus, it seems as if I have to delete the
archive and lose all that information.

Is there a better way?

I dont think the whole archive is deleted.

Try it out!

All found viruses (and infected files) are saved in a Kaspersky
Backup-Folder. If the whole archive is deleted and not only the
infected mail, you can restore the archive.

Regards,
Manuel