Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0

Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 6.0 is award-winning antivirus software that protects your PC from viruses, Trojans, spyware, rootkits and other malicious programs. It also keeps your email and instant messages safe from dangerous worms. Reactive detection methods are combined with the newest proactive technologies to provide balanced and effective security, while automatic updates ensure uninterrupted protection and peace of mind.

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Key Features and Advantages

Simplicity and convenience

• Quick and easy installation and setup
• Context-sensitive help function quickly teaches the finer points of the program's capabilities
• Regular notifications of the program's current protection status and recommendations for dealing with virus epidemics and potential threats

• Integrated methods to scan for viruses: the reactive method (using signature databases) and the proactive method (behavior blocker and heuristic analysis).

• Economy mode for laptop users conserving battery energy
• Automatic antivirus databases updates for users with WiFi (wireless) internet services.

• Virus scanning of email traffic on any mail program according to the protocol via which it is sent (POP3, IMAP and NNTP for incoming mail and SMTP for outgoing mail).
• Plug-ins and treatment for viruses in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express mail databases.
• Real-time scanning of all HTTP internet traffic to ensure that infected objects are not saved to the computer's hard disk.

• Possibility to designate antivirus scans for individual files, catalogues and disks
• Antivirus scanning limited to critical areas of the operating system and startup objects ensures that attention is focused on the most vulnerable areas of the system.

• Possibility to compile lists of applications - the component structure of which will be controlled - prevents malicious programs from undermining the integrity of the application.

• Activity monitoring of programs and processes that have been launched in the computer's memory at the same time
• Warnings of dangerous, suspicious or hidden processes (i.e. rootkits), and of unauthorized changes in routine processes

• Control of operating system registry status
• Notification of suspicious objects or attempts to create hidden keys in the registry

• Proactive protection of the operation of macros based on Visual Basic for applications in Microsoft Office documents
• Blocking of dangerous macro-commands from being executed

• System restoration after malicious activity
• Roll back of changes made to the system by malicious programs

• Suspend antivirus scanning during times of increased user activity to ensure that your computer's resources are free for use

• Reduced size of user updates by almost 10 times (now amounting to several tens of kilobytes) makes downloadable updates virtually instant

Anti-Virus 6.0 System Requirements

Windows 98 (SE)/NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 6a, Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 3 or higher, Windows ME, Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 1 or higher, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or higher, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (for product and antivirus database updates via the internet), CD-ROM drive (for product installation), internet connection (for product activation).