kaspersky internet security 2017 mac os x

Kaspersky Internet Security 2017 Mac Is Kaspersky
Kaspersky Internet Security 2017 Download Was Scanned

Kaspersky Internet Security 2017 Mac Is Kaspersky

The actual developer of this software for Mac is Kaspersky Lab.

The size of the latest installation package available is 212.6 MB.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2017 Download Was Scanned

This Mac download was scanned by our built-in antivirus and was rated as malware free.

The application lies within Security Tools, more precisely Mac protection.

And, it prevents you from passing PC malware onto family, friends and colleagues on your network.

Key FeaturesBenefits Real-time protection against Mac, PC and Linux malware Protection against phishing and malicious websites New.

Using one-month-old signatures and a set of new malware, however, detection fell to 14 percent.

KIS offers protection from malware, as well as email spam, phishing and hacking attempts, and data leaks.

KIS detected 100 percent of threats on a subset of the January 2006 wild-list, a list of prevalent threats.

The suite detected almost 100 (99.57) percent of adware samples.

KIS has the ability to scan within compressed or packed files, detecting 83.3 percent of the hidden malware.

However, version 6.0 was criticized for not completely removing malware by leaving Registry entries and files.

PC World also highlighted the suites false positives eight of 20,000 clean files were incorrectly flagged as malicious and its noticeable impact on computer performance.

However, data is cached from each scan, making each subsequent scan faster.

The firewall blocked all attacks from inside and outside the computer when tested.

Features such as parental controls and instant messaging protection, found in competing suites from Symantec and McAfee, were not a part of version 6.0.

Both CNET and PC World criticized the suites relatively high retail price, US79.95.

Components were renamed and reorganized; the Anti-hacker module was renamed to the Firewall, and the Anti-Spy module was integrated with the Privacy Control module.

Within age categories are content categories, such as drugs or violence.

Since content is filtered at the network level, the feature will work with any Internet browser.

The filter relies on a database of known URLs and can analyse websites in real-time.

Attempts to access forbidden URLs are logged, and sites visited are tracked as well, raising privacy issues.

Limits on Internet access may be set based on time, and chat rooms along with webmail sites can be manually blocked.

E-mail content is analysed and scored, and e-mail with scores above two specified thresholds are either marked as spam or probably spam.

The Mail Dispatcher feature shows subject and sender information for messages, and allows users to avoid downloading blatant spam by selecting which messages to download.

The filter self-trains by analyzing incoming and outgoing e-mail not marked as spam, or by analyzing folders only containing spam or valid e-mail.

E-mail can also be whitelisted or blacklisted based on phrases present in the text.

E-mail with non- ASCII characters or invisible text can also be blocked.

However, version 7.0 had a relatively poor showing, misidentifying 30 percent of valid messages in PC Magazine testing.

The suite warns users when programs attempt to access or send data from certain areas, such as where Internet Explorer stores webform information.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2017 Mac Os X