Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0

After a series of frustrations with Norton Antivirus I resolved to search for a better alternative. I noticed that Kaspersky Antivirus 6.0 was well regarded by the user community, so I decided to make the switch to 7.0 when I purchased my new computer.

Kaspersky has far exceeded my expectations. I experienced no problems whatever with installation–no other antivirus programs had been installed since this was a new computer. Moreover, I found the program to be readily adaptable to my needs as a user. Most important, Kaspersky allowed me to set the level of intrusion that I wanted rather than to simply tolerate too high a level, which is clearly undesirable. I particularly liked the feature that allows you to set the update at a time that is suitable for you. (I chose daily at 7:30 AM rather than hourly.) I also liked the backup disk feature, which is easy to use and essential for system recovery. All of these capabilities are documented in the well-written, 67 page User’s Guide. The crucial point to see is that Kaspersky gives you more choice and more control than has usually been the case.

In short, I highly recommend this product to anyone seeking an improved, nicely behaved, and easily customized antivirus program. Kaspersky 7.0 is an outright winner among the alternatives that I am aware of.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 is a good product. It has all the properties that I am expecting from an AVS.

- It updates itself daily via Internet
- Offers good performance. It will not bog down older computers while protecting your PC like some competitor products do.
- It actually catch many Virus and Trojan programs. I am with Kaspersky since version 5 and feel secure as this AVS has actually intercepted and neutralized many virus and trojans that I was receiving through e-mails or other means that I have never figured out.

However, this is by far a perfect product. In my opinion, its proactive defense is way to much intrusive to be actually useful. When this feature is turned on, it is going to prompt for your approval anytime an installation program wants to write into the registry, a process tries to launch another process (ie: Internet Explorer that launch Outlook when you click on an e-mail link on a web page) or just if an application tries to load a DLL.

This software has received rave reviews elsewhere. What I most like is that the download is fairly small, and you can see (feel) that when you realize that your ‘puter didn’t slow down at all. Very non-intrusive program, with auto update and scheduled scans whenever you want.

2.0 out of 5 stars
Messed up my laptop
I was very excited about getting Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0. When I received it I immediately installed it into my fairly new laptop.

4.0 out of 5 stars
rebate is a scam
The product is very good however, the rebate that was advertised never was sent after I purchased it.

5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Anti-Virus software.
After more than 12 years using Norton Anti-virus products I decided to research the available other Anti-virus products. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.

4.0 out of 5 stars
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0
Immediately I was impressed with an install that was flawless. Two other Anti-V products I had recently resulted in failed installs and did not utilize them.