AOL Active virus Shield(KAV 6.0) FREE!!!!!

Just make sure you keep to the default settings

Some commercial AV's have managed to do without Quarantine for a very long time (F-Prot).

 

There is quarantine, btw backup is the same as quaratine in Kaspersky, quarantine is only used for suspicious files (like heuristic detections) and you can restore from backup if you need to.

 

So this one has heuristic detection as well? Sorry for the plethora of questions but this free anti virus stuff is very intriguing after years of paying 100s of bucks a year for antivirus/antispyware etc. Thanks

 

Heuristics are mainly focused on Visual Basic stuff. And they are quiet outdated. KL is planning regular file heuristics update sometime in Fall 2006.

 

Yes, it does, what you won't get is the web-av (http scanning) and the proactive defense which is more effective in catching malware not in the bases yet, you will (at least i think you will ) get the new heuristics when released late this year.

 

We'll get them because thats how KAV engine works. Entire engine is basically a one huge signature that can be updated anytime.

 

That's why KAV is a notch better than NAV's engine.

 

I agree with Blackcat. Its a free product and one should not expect each
and everything of a full blown application. There is always a catch. Take
AntiVir for example, the update servers are very slow. Avast doesn't have
heuristic scanner. But these products still suit some people and they use
it happily. I'd have loved this application even without a mail scanner. Don't
forget it comes with KAV6 engine. If you don't like it then don't use it.

Here is the release note for KAV xx303. If you think you can do without
those fixes then go for it.

 

My humble apologies for the delayed out-of-place post. KAV is way better
than NAV but when it comes to cleaning, from my experience, NAV rules the
nest. But now-a-days most malwares need to be deleted rather than to be
cleaned.

Heuristics are not mainly focused on VB stuffs. Emulation of VB stuffs are much
easier. Thats why Trend Micro has heuristics for those only. But products like
NOD32 or BitDefender have powerful heuristics. Its good if Kaspersky updates
its heuristic capability. Its the only thing I think it lacks.

 

Maybe I missed it somewhere, but I have not seen a question as to a conflict with a resident AV. Is it going to run along with NOD for instance?

Jerry

 

Well generic detection is a form of heuristics which is used in avast! quiet heavily.

 

Well, running two realtime scanners is not recommended. Maybe you can
disable the realtime scanner of Active virusshield and use it with NOD32.

Hats off to Avast! But I was talking about full blown heuristics. Anyway
the thread is about Active virus shield.

 

Don't count on it. It is the regular program with some features removed.

 

I know, just wanted to let you know it's not just a pure signature AV. Proactive AV-Comparatives also showed that though i'm well aware it's quiet far from what enhanced heuristics can do.

 

I find this a bit ironic as a user brought up the question of a free AV in the Kaspersky forums in May, and it seems it's now available albeit not directly from KL.

It makes me wonder why KL couldn't have offered that themselves in the first place.

 

No issue with this build so far. It's a little slower than McAfee 8.0i (general use), but also uses much less RAM (22MB vs 70MB). On-demand scanner is also slower than 8.0i by about 25%. Still EXCELLENT performance for a FREE AV. Let's see if there's multiple daily updates of the AV definition file.

A- for value and performance.

 

Active Virus Shield has been automatically updated signatures at least 2-4 times since I've had it on my computer.

BTW: Kaspersky Labs is always so fast for adding new or non-urgent malware into its database, I sent some Zlob variant sample to KL before I went to bed and this Zlob variant sample was detected when I woke up this morning.

 

Yes.

 

BTW, I have a question. I use Antivir free and to me heuristic detection is more important and the recent two free AV offers( KAV, F-Secure) lag behind in heuristics. So how do u guys compare these free AVs with Antivir free in this regard specifically?
Thanks.

 

What they may lag behind in heuristics, they more than make up for in signatures, especially Kaspersky.

 

In practice, since Active Virus Shield uses Kaspersky engine and it updates almost hourly, I think I don't care much about its heuristics to get myself safety. Heuristics may be good to have but it's not a panacea for me.

 

Confirmed that this FREE version will update several times a day. Good stuff! A tad slow, but still an excellent AV.

 

The Proactive defense with Kaspersky: is this something that most antivirus products have? I've never even known of it; I thought you all meant on access antivirus scanning but I guess it is different. Does Avira Antivir free have proactive defense?

Also Kaspersky's HTTP scanner: is that something unique to KAV or do some of the other products have that? THAT sounds like the best feature of an antivirus (maybe not if you use Firefox with no script, but DEFINETALLY for Internet Explorer).

 

NOD32 did in November 2005. It was through a computer magazine offer though. It was a German or French mag. I want to say CHiP. But I'm not certain. I have enjoyed it though.

 

come on guys...we don't need to dissect this freebie from AOL.i think my zapro will make-up for the lack of proactive defense here...
and the free version will always lack something,simply because if they do provide everything than what will kaspersky sell