Februari 02, 2011
REVIEW THE KASPERSKY` 2010 FOR THE NEW 2011
Kaspersky's suite offer other privacy-protection measures. As noted, the parental control system can keep the kids from sharing information, and Safe Run for Websites wipes out all traces of sensitive Web transactions. You can use the virtual keyboard to foil any keylogger that may have sneaked onto your system. There's even a banner ad blocker, turned off by default.
The Kaspersky suite includes the same collection of bonus tools described in my review of the stand-alone antivirus. Briefly, it can scan and fix unsafe settings, find and remove traces of private computer use, and identify system components that need updating. Where appropriate, the suite will roll back changes made by these tools. As a bonus, it can create a Rescue CD to handle malware that has rendered a system unbootable. These are all useful tools.
Light Touch on Resources
Kaspersky's 2010 suite put a noticeable drag on system performance, according to my tests. The current edition has a much lighter touch. In fact, it had the least effect on performance of any suite I've tested using my current test configuration. I'm not counting Astaro Security Gateway Version 8 Home Edition here—it has zero impact because it runs on its own dedicated computer.
Real-time antivirus protection checks files for malware when certain kinds of access occur. If over-enthusiastic they can slow down normal file operations. Not Kaspersky—it had no measurable effect on the time required to move and copy a large collection of programs and documents, nor on the time required to perform a series of ZIP and unzip operations on those files. That's the best any suite has done on my current or previous test system. Others have had a very noticeable impact. In particular, on the current test system, these two tests took 40 percent and 84 percent longer under Ad-Aware Total Security 1.0.
The time required to boot up the test system was just 5 percent longer with Kaspersky installed than with no suite installed (averaging a hundred boot sequences each way). This, too, is the least impact of any product on my current or previous test system.
Security products need to be especially watchful of application installers, to make sure they're installing only good things. Kaspersky's 2010 edition bombed this test; a lengthy script using Windows Installer to automatically install and uninstall several large packages took almost 80 percent longer. The current edition did much better, only adding 15 percent to the time required. That's less than any suite tested using my current test computer.
I also look at the impact a suite's Web-oriented protection has on Web surfing. My test script times how long it takes to load 100 websites of various types. This test took 24 percent longer with Kaspersky installed. That's not a huge drag, and not much more than the recently-tested Outpost Security Suit pro 7.0 ($59.95 direct) with 21 percent or Webroot with 19 percent. However, using the previous test system, both AVG Internet Security ($69.99 direct, ) and Norton had no measurable effect.
Overall Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 showed little effect on performance in my tests. That's what users want—thorough protection that doesn't hog resources. The firewall is this suite's crown jewel. Intelligent and automated, it even helped raise the suite's malware blocking scores. It's not the best at spam filtering or phishing protection, but its parental control system handily beats that of most other suites. I'd like to see better scores in my hands-on malware removal tests, but the independent labs seem to think it does a great job. Kaspersky's suite has improved by a half star in its overall score this year; it's a very good suite, but its performance in a few key areas keep it just out of the running for Editors' Choice for 2011 security suites.
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- Business, Personal, Professional
- OS Compatibility
- Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7
- Tech Support
- Free US-based phone support 8am to 8pm EST; free live chat support, email support, knowledge base
Light Touch on Resources
Kaspersky's 2010 suite put a noticeable drag on system performance, according to my tests. The current edition has a much lighter touch. In fact, it had the least effect on performance of any suite I've tested using my current test configuration. I'm not counting Astaro Security Gateway Version 8 Home Edition here—it has zero impact because it runs on its own dedicated computer.
Real-time antivirus protection checks files for malware when certain kinds of access occur. If over-enthusiastic they can slow down normal file operations. Not Kaspersky—it had no measurable effect on the time required to move and copy a large collection of programs and documents, nor on the time required to perform a series of ZIP and unzip operations on those files. That's the best any suite has done on my current or previous test system. Others have had a very noticeable impact. In particular, on the current test system, these two tests took 40 percent and 84 percent longer under Ad-Aware Total Security 1.0.
The time required to boot up the test system was just 5 percent longer with Kaspersky installed than with no suite installed (averaging a hundred boot sequences each way). This, too, is the least impact of any product on my current or previous test system.
Security products need to be especially watchful of application installers, to make sure they're installing only good things. Kaspersky's 2010 edition bombed this test; a lengthy script using Windows Installer to automatically install and uninstall several large packages took almost 80 percent longer. The current edition did much better, only adding 15 percent to the time required. That's less than any suite tested using my current test computer.
I also look at the impact a suite's Web-oriented protection has on Web surfing. My test script times how long it takes to load 100 websites of various types. This test took 24 percent longer with Kaspersky installed. That's not a huge drag, and not much more than the recently-tested Outpost Security Suit pro 7.0 ($59.95 direct) with 21 percent or Webroot with 19 percent. However, using the previous test system, both AVG Internet Security ($69.99 direct, ) and Norton had no measurable effect.
Overall Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 showed little effect on performance in my tests. That's what users want—thorough protection that doesn't hog resources. The firewall is this suite's crown jewel. Intelligent and automated, it even helped raise the suite's malware blocking scores. It's not the best at spam filtering or phishing protection, but its parental control system handily beats that of most other suites. I'd like to see better scores in my hands-on malware removal tests, but the independent labs seem to think it does a great job. Kaspersky's suite has improved by a half star in its overall score this year; it's a very good suite, but its performance in a few key areas keep it just out of the running for Editors' Choice for 2011 security suites.
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