Like most Internet security suites today, KIS 2009 includes antivirus, antispyware, a personal firewall, antiphishing, antispam, and even antirootkit protection. The extras set it apart. Unfortunately, not all the extras feel fully baked.
KIS 2009, like KAV 2009, includes something called Post Infected System Restore. It's a wizard that helps restore a system to a previous state when a virus or malicious software has caused a problem. In the case where malicious code has deleted system files, KAV 2009 includes the capability to create a Rescue Disk. Of course, you need to do that advance, and KAV 2009 never prompted us to do so. Also to create a Windows XP rescue disk, you need a Windows XP SP2 disk, which some users (if they updated from Windows XP SP1) won't have. A Linux Rescue Disk for Windows XP and Vista can also be downloaded.
While we really like the idea, the execution of Kaspersky's new Security Analyzer needs more work. It's good that it checks with the Secunia database for the latest reported vulnerabilities and vendor updates. But it's bad that upon our first run our test system had 481 vulnerabilities. Bad because there is no one-stop shopping here--we needed to click on each alert individually. We also had to download the correct patch for our system, but which version of the vulnerable software are we running? It gets confusing and tedious even for someone relatively tech savvy. It would be good if the scanner also identified not only that you are running vulnerable software, but also which version of the software you are running. Sometimes fixing one removes others, but the current implementation leaves the process unclear.
KIS 2009 includes Parental Controls at a time when some vendors are still making this an optional download.
KIS 2009 also includes a virtual keyboard; however, security experts have for years warned that onscreen keyboards do not diminish the risks of keyloggers stealing your passwords. We're surprised to see this included within a serious security product.
Missing are the nearly instant or more frequent malware signature file updates available from Norton, Trend Micro, and McAfee this year. Kaspersky still sends out hourly updates.
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http://www.ziddu.com/downloadlink/2808654/InternetSecurity2009v8.0.0.454withlotsofKeys.part1.rar
http://www.ziddu.com/downloadlink/2808669/InternetSecurity2009v8.0.0.454withlotsofKeys.part2.rar
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