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"WARNING! THIS AV FOREVER ALTERS YOUR SYSTEM!" on by Bill Clinton Fan
Pros: Detection
Cons: Screws up CHKDSK and other damage. Slow as molasses
Summary: Please, for the love of God, don't go near this program! Here is a link to a thread you really need to read before you should even THINK of installing anything Kaspersky!
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18608452-Kaspersky-You-lost-me-at-ISwift
This program installs "Object Identifiers" that even Microsoft disapproved of! Unless you imaged your drive THERE IS NO SAFE WAY AS OF THIS WRITING TO REMOVE THESE Identifiers! Worse, is KAV's Attitude! They barely wanted to acknowledge the issue! Please DO NOT INSTALL THIS HORRIBLE PROGRAM!
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! -
"Cryptic Alerts, hard-disk corruptions, crappy drive-by protection..stay away" on by lidieyu
Pros: Its has a Green box
Cons: Where do I start ?
Summary: I installed this product and have had nothing but problems - slow browsing,chkdsk issues with what appear to be file system corruption issues - VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS. Stay away from this product. Get NAV2008 instead.
Did the editor really review this product - there seems to be nothing of any value in this review and probably one of the more ridiculous ones I've seen.
"feels complete as a standalone product and not, like Norton Antivirus 2008, a cog in larger family of products" - what the? It "feels" complete? Talk about objective reviewing.
"Once again, Kaspersky requires considerably less disk space than Norton" - Who cares about diskspace. Is this guy kidding me. Looks like he couldn't find anything bad with Norton that he had to nitpick.
"Still, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7 provides the most complete antivirus production on the market today" - and how did he come to this conclusion ? Did he test at all ?
"Also, unlike Norton's morbid, black border, we like the open, bright, and colorful interface of Kaspersky that is skinnable to suite your own tastes. " - it gets more ridiculous. Yeah your average user is spending their time skinning their security product.. Suuuuurreee.
"Kaspersky offers antirootkit protection as well" - but does it work. I had a Rustok infection a while back with KIS7 and after "cleaning" my PC I ended up with an infinite blue screen loop..
"Unlike Norton, Kaspersky can, by default, scan only recently changed files, greatly shortening the overall scan time considerably." - This feature has ZERO value when the definitions are changing hourly as Kaspersky claims. As soon as the defs change they end up rescanning ALL files.
"There are also active user forums" - have you seen their server lately. The performance is pathetic.
And whats with all those damn alerts. It even prompts me to ALLOW/BLOCK when it detects a VIRUS!! Very sad.
NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER. Mr. Varmosi, get your act together and stop recommending crap. -
"May be great but what a monster to configure" on by Fireboss
Pros: Hard to penetrate
Cons: Configuring / using this = splitting the atom for the average guy
Summary: I bought this based on CNET's reviews which I generally find to be helpful. I also recommended it to my clients. What a mistake. The configuration process which seemed simple when set up causes beeps and warning for nor reason at all. Training it is worse than training a puppy. It stopped things that had been approved over and over again and yet passed similar items that - while not dangerous - had the same characteristics. It slowed my primary office machine significantly during routine tasks. In the end I ripped it out and replaced it for my clients free of charge. Techno wizards might want to wade through it but the average guy won't like it. I've been in the field 20 years or so and understand the need for safety. Safety isn't an asset when you can do your routine stuff without seeing the machine slow down and annoyance levels rise.
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""Best AV Software I've Ever Owned!"" on by COGNITO28
Pros: User Friendly, Outstanding Virus Detection
Cons: None to mention
Summary: I don't understand why everyone is "bashing" this program. I think if people were more knowledgeable about AV and their computer, there wouldn't be so many complaints. I build computers and have used the entire System Mechanics Suite for years. I have not had a problem to date. As a matter of fact, Kaspersky AV and SM has saved my computer from many harmful computer bugs.
Most computers come with an AV pre installed. This causes all types of problems when trying to install this program. You MUST completely uninstall any exists AV programs BEFORE trying to install this. That includes any system suite software i.e. Norton's System Works. Those programs will cause resource conflicts thus causing a problem with Kaspersky install and functionality. Additionally, if your computer is already corrupt, this program will not work well. You must use your OEM disk i.e. Windows XP or Vista, to fix corrupt system files and then install this program.
I love this program and have never experienced a problem or system slow down. Maybe it's because I know what I am doing
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"bad heuristics-NOD32/Avira a better choice" on by gibbons47
Pros: fast updates
Cons: poor heuristics
Summary: Kaspersky does well after the fact and updates known malware definitions faster than anyone. However, a greater threat to many users is unknown viruses and variants. If you look at AV-Comparatives, you will see that Kaspersky in the most recent Retrospective/Proactive test detected only 9% of unseen samples. This is right near the bottom of the list as compared to 16 others. You are much better off with NOD32 or Avira-that have powerful heuristics.
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