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Hi Blue

I didn't forget, i was in a hurry and on my way to work and the info is in the link anyway.

 

Hi Rich

I going to have to disappoint you, because they will use technology similar iStreams/iChecker, but of course with the improvements that has been discovered/developed since 5.0 was released, the info is just not going to be stored in ADS.

Just think about it 365 days (if using the default "recommended"), it would have to be a very theoretical scenario IMO with Kav updating frequency in mind, possible? yes, but not very likely.

I think that you to some extent is correct about that the marketing dept had probably made research "aware" of their wishes in this regard, but i'm also quite sure that they went in this direction because they were "forced" to do it by the users.
If you think back two years then most people would agree that Kav was extremly good at detection of malware, but many had reservations about system impact (some still do ) and they had to do something to get those potential customers interested. iStreams was the first step down this path and IMHO it was good first step, the system impact has been on the system i've installed it generally noticely lighter than 4.5.

Regards

 

Hi Don,

For me, ADS is the issue. If KAV decides to use an "external table" of some sort to do the same thing, then this is a technical design issue. As long as it is not a permanent file residing on my disk which negatively impacts security. Beyond this, a 365 default is problematic in terms of its real usefulness, but as long as a user has a choice - unlike KAV 5.0 Pro where the KAV designers do not give a choice on whether ADS are added to the file system.

I still remain bewildered, and I am sure there are many technical engineers at Kaspersky who are sitting at their desks right now equally bewildered at some of the design decisions that were made for 5.0. And so the world turns.

Rich

 

Thanks all for your help but I think im going to stick with KAV and purchase it after my trial.. Cause Ive been very impressed on the dection rate of viruses etc. That it has, It also picked up some virus/trojans for me

Does anyone know a good free backup antivirus ? I heard about AVG, Avast, AntiVir etc.. but I dont know what is the best free anti-virus out of those.

 

Bitdefender free is an excellent on demand scanner. here

 

Do you use this?

 

I have used it off and on for several years. at the present time i am useing Kav and don't feel the need for a back up av. If I do use a secondary av it is bitdefender free

 

so really I dont need a backup ?

 

I really believe if you are useing Kav that anything that you use as a back up doesn't have much of a chance of detecting more than Kav is going to. But the matter of running a secondary av is really a personal decision that you need to make. If you would feel more secure with one then by all means run one. Myself I feel well protected without one. If I was not running Kav I would probably have one though.

 

Since KAV is a nice AV I think I will stick It.. Thanks bigc73542.

 

I'm glad you like it, if you have any questions about Kaspersky, then you also have the official Kaspersky forum as a resource.

 

Hi shadow,

I make it a habit of running scans of my systems (which are protected by KAV) using different AVs (e.g. online McAfee, online BitDefender, NOD32, etc.) from time to time, just to satisfy myself that KAV was picking up everything. This had been true up until about a week ago, when the online BitDefender picked up a genuine piece of malware (that had been causing minor annoyances) that KAV missed. I knew it was somewhere on my machine and BitDefender found it. BTW. Ewido, TDS-3, and NOD32 also didn't.

So whereas KAV is an AV par excellence - I have tested the hypothesis that it is sufficient, and in my case the hypothesis has proven false.

Rich

 

And some extra reading on KAV HERE.

 

No AV will detect all malware.

For the great majority of users, KAV by itself will give you more than adequate protection.

 

Hi Blackcat,

More than adequate .. but based upon my experiences, less than what most people will deem necessary. In other words, things will get through that will cause problems and it is necessary to put together a more comprehensive approach to help ensure a smooth running enviornment. Unfortunately, things are getting more complicated than what most people can or want to deal with, and I don't know what they will do other than take it to a local computer specialist to have their drive reformatted and Windows re-installed. For sure, no one will want to pay for the time required to clean a machine, once it starts becoming unusable. It's a tough situation. Two friends - two weeks - tons of my own hours cleaning machines.

Rich

 

what umake of there security suite?? thanks MD !! Antihacker is that a firewall?

Personaly i still like Trend Suite lol

 

well, when i tried antihacker it was very good for me.not the one in the suite.i tried the standalone one.dont know if it was any diff in the suite..
kinda outpost like,light and easy..

 

Anti-Hacker in the KIS suite is a lot different and better than Anti-Hacker 1.7 and down. Even more Outpost-like. Give it a try...you'll like it.

 

I unistalled the KAV Personal+AntiHacker and installed the Kaspersky Personal Security Suite.. the AntiHacker doesnt seem too be different then the standalone one?