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Silver Sponsor: Kaspersky Lab

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Administrator

Our sincerest thanks to Kaspersky Lab for signing up as an iBlog8 sponsor.

Here’s more info about the organization:

Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately-held Internet Security company, providing comprehensive protection against all forms of IT threats such as viruses, spyware, hackers and spam. The company’s products provide in-depth computer defense for more than 300 million systems around the globe, including home and mobile users, small and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises. 

In 2012, Kaspersky Lab celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. Undoubtedly, the company’s most valuable asset is the relentless expertise it has gained in those years of combating viruses and other IT threats, enabling us to preempt trends in malware development.

This helps the company to remain one step ahead of the competition and provide their users with the most reliable protection from new types of attack.

In the Philippines, iSecure Networks, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Kaspersky security products and solutions.

Kaspersky Lab’s flagship consumer/home user products which are doing very well in the Philippines are the Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 (KIS) and Kaspersky Anti Virus 2012 (KAV)

The latest versions of KIS and KAV are designed to provide Internet users with maximum protection and convenience.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti Virus 2012. 

The Internet has become an integral part of life for today’s computer users, but it is awash with dangers and threats. A tool which many people depend on during business trips and vacations, the Internet harbors a multitude of threats that lie in wait for unsuspecting users, including data theft, phishing, cyber-blackmail and mass spam mailings to name but a few.

As a result, users need comprehensive protection whenever they go online because computer threats could be lurking anywhere: in online services and emails, on removable media, or even on public networks in airports and hotels.

Kaspersky Lab’s flagship home user products are distinguished by the comprehensive protection that they provide. 

Your computer and the data you store on it will be secure, regardless of the types of files you are working with, how often you use the Internet, or where you connect from — at home, or via a public access point.

The all-new Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 incorporate the most advanced and effective protection technologies:

  • a sandbox for launching suspicious applications
  • a program activity monitoring module
  • a script emulator
  • a cloud-based reputation database, and
  • a virtual keyboard plus many other features.

Kaspersky Lab strives to continually improve the technologies we use in order to successfully counter the ever more complex computer threats that appear daily. That is why Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 feature a whole host of new and improved features.

First-rate protection against unknown threats

New malware appears at an extremely rapid rate these days — roughly 35 thousand new malicious programs each day. There are no signatures for these new threats, meaning innovative methods are required to detect them.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 effectively neutralize new threats using non-signature-based behavioral analysis of suspicious programs. Kaspersky Lab’s latest products are capable of tracking program activity during present and previous work sessions.

Monitoring program activity uses data from other components, such as the proactive protection module, email, web and IM antivirus components, the firewall, etc. The monitoring module tracks complete chains of events that could impact security, and literally pieces together an entire picture of program operations or even groups of operations affected by malware.  If there have been a number of related incidents on your computer, all the monitoring module needs is to detect one of them in order to find all of the others.

Importantly, it is now possible to cancel and roll back all of the actions executed by a program not only in the current working session, as was the case with Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 andKaspersky Anti-Virus 2012, but in previous working sessions too. Furthermore, the list of actions that can be cancelled has been expanded to include the creation, renaming and modification of files, as well as changes to or new entries in the system registry, etc.

Malicious activity detection has also taken a step forward with the use of behavioral templates. Kaspersky Lab data about malicious programs is incorporated into these behavioral templates,and a centralized template database helps to quickly locate unknown malicious code with complex behavioral patterns.

Improved protection from the cloud

In the 2012 versions of Kaspersky Lab’s home user products, cloud-based technologies — the cutting-edge of antivirus development, have been improved. By regularly exchanging information between products installed on users’ machines and the centralized databases in the cloud, the most up-to-date threat information is made available for the protection of users. Now, in addition to superior protection from the cloud, the new product versions also demonstrate how they do it. The main program window provides users with in-depth information about which cloud components are active and how they are protecting users’ computers and personal data.

With just one click, users of Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 can find out about the reputation of any file on a local computer and make an informed decision as to whether or not to use it. All users need to do is right-click on the file’s icon and select the ‘View file reputation in KSN’ menu option.

Users will then be shown the file’s threat rating as determined by the Kaspersky Security Network cloud service, which has been greatly improved since its inception and development three years ago. In addition to a file’s rating, users can also find out about the geographical distribution of the file, the level of trust attributed to it by other users and other similar information stored by Kaspersky Lab’s cloud tracking and rapid response systems.

The 2012 versions of Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Anti-Virus warn Internet users of links that pose a threat and which will redirect users to fraudulent, malicious and spammer websites. Kaspersky Lab’s latest products receive the most up-to-date information available about undesirable Internet resources directly from the cloud, including websites with adult, violent and other similarly unsavory content. Users can rest assured that they will not find themselves entering websites designed to steal their personal information or infect their computers.

Cloud technologies have even improved protection against spam. Databases located in the cloud provide templates for new spam emails in real time. This helps Kaspersky Internet Security 2012and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 to quickly adapt to ever-changing spammer tactics and be able to provide proper protective measures. Users do not have to fine-tune the new, user-friendly Anti-Spam module before getting down to work — the cloud already has all of the latest available data on spam mailings.

Furthermore, Kaspersky Lab believes that the combination of cloud protection and security software running on users’ computers is an ideal way of ensuring multilayered protection. At present, this hybrid approach is the best option in terms of combating the wide range of threats out there in the wild. That is why both of the new product versions feature improved cloud technologies and enhanced program capabilities.

Convenience and speed

Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti Virus 2012 are both high-performance products designed for minimal impact on your computer’s running speed and program operations. Kaspersky lab’s products have been streamlined for optimal day-to-day use when surfing the Internet, searching for and viewing web pages, making VoIP calls, wathing HD videos and playing online games, etc.

The intelligent update system downloads updates for active product components only andlaunches them immediately after they have been plugged in. That means that antivirus database components are kept right up-to-date and download traffic is minimized. The update launch mode has been adapted to suit typical laptop and desktop work modes and will not slow down performance when operating system activity is resumed or a user launches programs.

The Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 interfaces have been improved and now feature 3D and animated graphics, yet remain straightforward anduser-friendly. The animated area of the main window contains intuitive icons for key actions, including disk scans, database updates, etc.

The latest versions of Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 can now be used with touch-screen devices. Product installation has also been optimized, minimizing any conflicts with incompatible security software. Additionally, the steps for activating andpurchasing licenses can now all be found in one convenient window.

To learn more about Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012, visit: http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_internet_security.

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