Product Description

Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 gives you the best protectionavailable today. Our Triple Threat Protection is a unique set oftechnologies that protect against identity theft confidential dataleakage and all Internet threats. Add privacy and parental

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #548 in Software
• Brand: Kaspersky Lab
• Released on: 2007-08-03
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 provides a comprehensive defence system against all of today’s Internet threats, offering system resource friendly protection from all types of malicious programs, phishing, hacker attacks and spam. Now featuring parental and privacy controls, as well as improved keylogger detection and blocking, this suite achieves its award-winning threat detection levels through a combination of three innovative technologies:

1) Automated hourly database updates for quick and easy protection against all know threats

2) To ensure you only ever run clean programs, unknown programs are run in an isolated, secured environment and are checked for malicious behaviours

3) For optimal protection from unknown threats, a proactive defence system continuously monitors the behaviour of your system and programs in real-time and blocks any malicious processes, warns you about dangerous activities and rapidly rolls back any malicious changes that may have occurred.

Customer Reviews

Excellent antivirus software
I have tried lots of different products (Norton, McAffee, Trendmicro) and have found Kaspersky to be the best. I bought two 3 licence versions and installed it on 5 machines in our studio + a laptop. Extremely easy to install and once installed gets on with the job quietly and without using lots of resources. The software scans everything that comes in contact with each computer - emails, downloads, usb keys, external hard-drives etc. It updates seemlessly and scans in the background while you get on with your work. I recommend this above the other brands and above the sever/client Trendmicro product (this was such a nightmare to manage I gave up).

Excellent Security Choice for Knowledegable Multi PC Users
This 3 licence pack is ideal for multi PC users, but ideally look to try before you buy (see below).

As a long term Norton Internet Security user of 6 years, I'm very pleased and impressed with this application. It does pretty much everything that Norton/ McAfee and others do, but in a much smaller package that runs more quickly/efficiently and in some respects it's more powerful and competent as well. I need protection for 3 PC's and it's also considerably better value than my Norton benchmark. I'm glad I discovered this and made the switch.

I spent time reading and researching the alternatives, eventually deciding that Kaspersky was best suited to my needs. It's not quite (5 star) perfect, but then again is any application of this type ever going to tick all the boxes? (Just read dissatisfaction with competitors). Good news is you can download and try for free to see how it meets your needs and then buy a boxed version or download a licence. Either way it's a good idea to have a separate copy of the software even if you choose the download route.

I'm only giving 4 stars because of 2 small issues I had - both of which mean it's not really suited to, or recommended for, novice users.

Issue #1: 24 hours after test installation I couldn't boot my main PC having damaged or deleted some critical boot files!!! To say the least, I felt sick! Recovery wasn't too bad as I had taken an "image clone" copy of my complete OS drive and separate applications drive (both held on separate partitions for security) prior to installation. In fairness, since I was making a number of fundamental changes, it's possibly that Kaspersky IS7 didn't cause this, but it's an unfortunate coincidence. Potential users should be aware of this nasty possibility and take appropriate steps to ensure a "recovery route" back is planned from any significant software installation. NB this hasn't yet repeated itself after being reinstalled, but I have a clone image, post re-installation ready, just in case.

Issue #2: To get the best from this application you have to configure it properly (I'm still learning). There is a 300+ page .PDF user guide file available as well as an in-built user help file. Not everything is intuitive and I doubt that early novices will feel comfortable. I can't recommend this as an "install and forget" application. You either have to learn some of the basics (no bad thing) or get help from a knowledgeable friend who can provide support. Whilst it will install with default settings, I'm not convinced that they should be just left as they install.

Plus Points :
a) It installs easily and quickly.
b) The licence can be obtained at a much lower unit cost than Norton and some others.
c) The interface is OK, allegedly improved from v6, and tells you what's happening.
d) The virus profile definitions are updated more frequently than many competitors.
e) Users can easily select how frequently to automatically update and run scans.
f) Like most similar apps it can/will inspect all incoming stuff for problems, but it's customisable. However a degree of user "common sense" still goes a long way eg not opening dodgy, unsolicited e-mail attachments and not sharing sensitive data with potential phishers.
g) KIS7 found 3 problem files that Norton had missed My research suggests that maker's, Kaspersky Labs, are widely regarded as one of the best at spotting problems.
h) It's quicker scanning than many competitors and doesn't hog your processor - I think it will slow down it's demand for CPU resource when you want to do real work yourself, which if true, is a whole heap better than Zone Alarm (also based on Kaspersky definitions). I always hated the way that Norton insisted on wasting time trying to re-scan my own MS Office files etc. that I had personally created and knew to be OK
i) You can set/modify advanced functions to make running less of an overhead drain, like ignoring previously scanned files or modifying the depth of heuristic analysis.
j) Firewall comes with options for "training" access to internet and specific sites for installed applications so you won't in time need to monitor every application connection.
k) Mail interface is good with Outlook and can be trained to spot spam, but this is probably no better than many competitors.
l) It has some capability to undo problems and go back to an earlier time.
m) Specific parts (e.g. parental control) can be disabled or modified to suit your specific needs adding to the efficiency and effectiveness of operation. Settings can be administrator protected if needed where the PC is being used or accessed by others.

Overall highly recommended with the one caveat that I wouldn't recommend it for novice users. It's a pretty comprehensive, effective package, providing excellent security, anti virus, firewall, privacy controls etc etc. with a lot of flexibility to tailor it to your own requirements. It does this at a great price and it doesn't feel like it hogs your system processor (a common problem with competitor bloatware). It's not the easiest or most intuitive application to use but rewards time spent learning how to get the best from it.

Finally it isn't a complete "do-it-all install and forget" security approach as one should still look at appropriate backup and recovery applications as well as additional anti spyware tools. As with all software, the more you learn and know the smarter you can work.

Excellent but slightly intrusive
This is an excellent suite, far lighter on system resources than Norton (files open noticably quicker), easy to configure, but a bit of a pain in the training mode until you exhaust all the processes that are active. If it recognised some standard systems automatically (eg Outlook Express) then it would have been an automatic 5*. But I have no regrets with putting it on my system.