KAV 6.0

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by Honyak, Mar 31, 2006.

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  1. JerryM

    JerryM Registered Member

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    Thanks, I would not have found it.

    Jerry
     
  2. Mannaggia

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    Your welcome. :)
     
  3. Firefighter

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    Do I need to install "klimsetup.exe" (MD5 Hash = 2B644F48AED110CA5F9AF16C9793A362) anymore in this KAV 6.0.0.299, if my firewall is Sygate Personal Firewall Pro 5.5 build 2710? :doubt:

    Best regards,
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  4. Don Pelotas

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    I don't think so, but you will probably have issue's until configured because of the Kav proxy, since Sygate has issue's with this or at least had.

    Btw. Regarding the http://pixelpageinternational.com/, i meant the the results were the same, with or without HTTP scan.
     
  5. c0ltran3

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    I'm already using ProcessGuard and RegRun Gold suite. Yesterday i've installed KAV 6.

    I don't know what some security settings in Activity Analyzer actually do:
    - dangerous behaviour
    - intrusion into process
    - sospicious system activities

    Can someone tell me what they do?

    Thanks
     
  6. Mem

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    If you go back to the Kaspersky site where you downloaded KAV 6 there is a Docs directory that has some info on the PDM features. The one you would want is PDM_KIS2006.pdf
     
  7. c0ltran3

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    Thank you Mem
     
  8. Patrician

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    I'm very disapointed that the Kaspersky development team didn't manage to get Windows X64 support for KIS 6 but only for KAV 6. While KAV is an excelent AV there is no HTTP scanner and so is a weaker offering than NOD32.

    Means I have to stick with NOD32 until Kaspersky folks get their act together and get 64bit support for KIS 6. If that ever happens.
     
  9. SSK

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    KAV 6 has a HTTP scanner; AFAIK the HTTP scanner not ready for x64 just yet.
     
  10. Smokey

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    "Stick" has a negative sound.

    NOD32 is not bad at all, in fact it is a top-notch AV.:)
     
  11. skibow

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    when is kav 6.0 come online for sale
     
  12. storm119

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    Third week of May .... ;)
     
  13. Patrician

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    It is, as you say, a top notch AV. However, for me, it has some short comings that I hoped KAV/KIS (and if I was running 32 bit Windows it would have) would fill.

    NODs malware, worm and trojan detection isn't as good as KAVs at the moment and that coupled with NODs inability (realtime and on demand) to scan inside archives (excepting the HTTP scanner. Thinking about this it maybe the reason why NODs malware detection isn't as good. Most malware comes archived, NOD cannot,or will not, scan archives so malware detection is not quite as good as it could be?) and I was hoping to be able to make the move to KAV/KIS on release of 2006 version (with 64bit support).

    Now, due the Kasperskys developers being unable, or unwilling, to program for 64bit compatibilty I have to stay with NOD32, which while I fully accept is one of, if not the, top AV's available, just doesn't work the way I would like, and cannot be configured to work the way I would like.
     
  14. kalpik

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    NOD32 does scan archives in on-demand! By default it doesnt, but you can configure it to do so!
     
  15. Blackcat

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    These archived files, even if containing malware must be extracted before they can be run and are therefore picked up, if it has the signatures, by the RTM (AMON). Archives are not dangerous until opened.

    Further NOD has support for archives including ZIP, RAR, ARJ, LZH, LHA, CAB, CHM, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, NSIS, SIS, WISE.

    Overall, therefore, most AV companies, including ESET, leave archive scanning to the on-demand scanner.
    In KAV 6 the drivers for 64bit support are in the pipeline and may be available before the gold release or in MP1 ;)
     

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  16. Patrician

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    HI Balckcat,
    I know about those settings and have them set the way they are in your screen print. However I have sat and watched NOD do an on demmand scan and not scan a Rar archive that I know was on my HDD. Or rather, NOD scanned it but did not open or scan any of the files inside it.

    On the other hand you are incorrect when you say that "...Overall, therefore, most AV companies, including ESET, leave archive scanning to the on-demand scanner."

    F-Secure, KAV 4.5, KAV 6 (I never used KAV 5 so don't know about that),AVK, Bitdefender, and Avast Pro, all support archive scanning with in the resident scanner. In fact Eset with NOD32 is, perhaps, the only AV of the top ones that doesn't support archive scanning in it's resident scanner.

    I also know that a nasty that is in an archive is harmless, but I am far more concerned with the potential that, exists with that "nasty". In my opinion it's a disaster waiting to happen. I would far rather my AV software stopped it getting onto my HDD in the first place. That is the job of the resident scanner.

    One more thing, when I set NODs resident scannner to "scan all files" I expect it to do so, not to decide that archives don't qualify as files so ignore them.

    That said, NOD is a great AV and as I got it at £16.00 for my second years subscription I really can't complain too much I guess....:)
     
  17. hawkeen

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    KAV 6.0 problems:

    I ran KAV 6 on a windows media center 2005 gateway 4010 system and it would randomly reboot. I thought it was the memory so I decided to swap out the memory and there was no change. It would still randomly reboot. I then uninstalled KAV 6.0 and the rebooting stopped.

    Second problem:

    I installed it on a WinXP pro sp2 system. I noticed that it was causing what appeared to be some thread lockup issues. I was using another program and it would react properly for the first few minutes and then it would quit working. I immediately uninstalled KAV and it worked fine.

    cheers
    Hawk
     
  18. BlueZannetti

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    Hawk,

    At least in my use of KAV/KIS 6.0, subtle problems with these symptoms were often tied to the proactive defense module.

    1. Do you have any other applications running which hook system level calls?

    2. Have you tried performing a custom installation with the Proactive Defense module not installed? I found there were cases in which simple disabling of this subsystem was not sufficient, while a custom install which eliminated this component did the trick.

    Blue
     
  19. Blackcat

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    Of the AV's that I have used, Command, Dr Web, McAfee Enterprise, KAV 6 and BitDefender are some of the ones that do offer the choice of archive scanning in the RTM, but this is not the default setting.

    But a number of others do not e.g. AMON and KAV 5. The last two AV vendors are no slouch in detection rates but at the present time they do not offer this scanning choice.

    The main reason being that it may slow down performance considerably. Therefore, because of this potential slowdown, as I stated previously, most AV companies leave archive scanning to the on-demand scanner.
     
  20. hawkeen

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    BlueZanneti,

    Thanks for the reply. I went to reinstall KAV6 and the beta key says it expires April 15th, 2006. I have read on here where it will not be released officially until 3rd week of May. What are we suppossed to do in the meantime?

    cheers
    Hawk
     
  21. BlueZannetti

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    Hawk,

    New activation codes have been provided by KL. See post #13 here.

    Blue
     
  22. Ardian

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    i really like KAV, but when i scaned my computer from their homepage it showed that i was infected but with (FP's) and i really dont like this, because i thought i was in dangerous but no.

     
  23. Don Pelotas

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    Please read what it says, Ardian. not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.PsKill.n, so you're not infected with false positives. If you don't want to see these informational not-a-virus detections, then do not use the extended signature bases, the standard is by far the most important anyway and contains virus, worms, trojan & rootkits etc.
     
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