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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0

Last updated
April 23, 2007
Test Center Reviewed by
Ryan Naraine
Pros
Cons
Full Specifications
Download price, 1-year license - $50 (3/31/07)
Renewal cost, per year - $35 (3/31/07)
Ease of use - Superior
Malware detection rate - 96% File viruses - 97%
Macro viruses - 100%
Script viruses - 100%
Polymorphic viruses - 100%
ActiveX controls - 100%
Back doors - 97%
Bots/zombies - 95%
Trojan horses - 97%
Adware - 73%
Dialers - 80%
Number of false positives (out of 20,000 harmless files) - 6
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures) - 51%
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures) - 46%
Detection rate of malware within archived files - 81%
System disinfection Detection rate of existing infections (10 infections) - 100%
Disinfection rate (files, Hosts changes, Registry items) - 86%
Average time (in hours) to deliver signatures for new malware - 0 to 2
Features Right-click manual scans in Windows Explorer? - Yes
E-mail protocols scanned - POP3, IMAP, SMTP
Scan Web traffic? - Yes
Scan speed with standard settings, in seconds - 78
System slowdown With Firefox 2 - 24%
With Adobe Photoshop CS2 - 3%
With Microsoft Office 2003 - 10%
Support policies Daily support hours - 9
Saturday support hours - 0
Sunday support hours - 0
Free phone support - Yes
Toll-free phone number - No
Cost of phone support - $0
Live chat support? - No
E-mail support? - Yes
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