Kaspersky Anti-Virus 18.0.0.405

Kaspersky Anti-Virus is among the very best antivirus software available on the market. It delivers essential, real-time protection against all manner of threats. The app goes beyond standard virus protection to secure you against potentially hazardous malware such as spyware, root-kits, security exploits and ransomware.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus uses intelligent scanning and small, frequent updates in order to deliver real-time, efficient protection from the latest malware threats across the Internet.

Key Features include:

• Protection from viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, adware.
• Scans files, email, and Internet traffic.
• Protects from unknown threats.
• Analyzes browser vulnerabilities.
• Disables links to malware/phishing sites.
• Global threat monitoring.
• Keylogger blocking.
• Automatic database updates.
• Free technical support.

The interface consists of a main window with four borderless buttons aligned horizontally, labeled Scan, Update, Safe Money, and Parental Control. These areas will change color from green, to yellow and then to red if there is an issue with security . If that occurs, you can click a link for solutions to the security status problem.

Overall, Kaspersky Anti-Virus maintains an superb level of protection, coupled with high performance and usability. The only downside we can see is that although the technical support is free, it isn't available 24/7. Apart from that, Kaspersky Anti-Virus provides excellent all-round protection, with a minimal impact on your system.

Note: This is a 30-day commercial trial.

* The latest versions of popular web browsers are now supported: protection components (such as Virtual Keyboard) now support the web browsers Mozilla™ Firefox™ 32.x, 33.x, 34.x and Google Chrome™ 37.x, 38.x.
* The Google Chrome browser for a 64-bit operating system is now supported.
* Application performance has been improved and computer resource consumption has been optimized.
* Less time is required to start the application.
* The application upgrade process has been improved.
* Functioning of the System Watcher component has been improved: protection against cryptors has been implemented. If a cryptor attempts to encrypt a file, Kaspersky Anti-Virus automatically creates a backup copy of this file before it is encrypted by a malicious cryptor. Backup copies are stored in the system folder for temporary files. If a cryptor has encrypted a file, Kaspersky Anti-Virus automatically restores it from the backup copy. Certain limitations apply to this functionality

* Functioning of the System Watcher component has been improved: protection against cryptors has been implemented. Kaspersky Anti-Virus creates Backup copies of files before they are encrypted by a malicious cryptor. This allows restoring these files from their Backup copies. Backup copies of files are stored in the system folder for temporary files (Temp). Certain limitations apply to this functionality
* The latest versions of popular web browsers are now supported: protection components (such as Kaspersky URL Advisor) support Mozilla™ Firefox™ 29.x, 30.x, 31.x, Internet Explorer® 11, Google Chrome™ 36.x
* An option to switch to Kaspersky Total Security has been added.
* Application performance has been improved and computer resource consumption has been optimized.
* Less time is required to start the application.
* Support for Windows® 8.1 Update has been added.
* The application upgrade process has been improved.
* The size of the application distribution package has been reduced.

* Updates and new features:
- Enhanced web browser compatibility:
> Mozilla Firefox 28.x
> Internet Explorer 11
> Google Chrome versions 33.x, 34.x, and 35.x.
- Support for Windows 8.1 Update has been added.
- Application performance has been improved and computer resource consumption has been optimized.
- Less time is required to start the application.
- Application GUI performance and responsiveness have been improved.
- The product upgrade process has been improved.
- The size of the application distribution package has been reduced.
- Improvements to the System Watcher component: protection against cryptors has been implemented. Kaspersky Anti-Virus creates backup copies of files before they are encrypted by a malicious cryptor. This allows restoring these files from their backup copies. Backup copies of files are stored in the system folder for temporary files (Temp).

# New features:
* Configuration of Kaspersky Anti-Virus has been simplified. Now only frequently used application settings are available for setup.
* The latest versions of popular web browsers are now supported: protection components (such as Kaspersky URL Advisor) support Mozilla™ Firefox™ 16.x, 17.x, 18.x, and 19.x; Internet Explorer® 8, 9, and 10; and Google Chrome™ 22.x, 23.x, 24.x, 25.x, and 26.x.
* Protection against screen lockers has been added. You can unlock the screen using the specified key shortcut. Protection against screen lockers detects and eliminates the threat.
* Protection against phishing is now more efficient: Anti-Phishing functionality has been improved and updated.
* Application performance has been improved and computer resource consumption has been optimized.
* The mode of limited activity when the computer is idle has been added. Now, when the computer is idle,Kaspersky Anti-Virus is less resource-intensive, which allows saving power consumption while running on battery power.
* Less time is required to start the application.
* Application GUI performance has been improved, and the response time to user actions has been reduced.
* Application reporting has been improved. Now reports are simpler and more obvious.
* The option of participating in the Protect a Friend program has been added. Now you can share a link to Kaspersky Anti-Virus with friends and receive bonus activation codes.

# New features:
- In order to provide protection against intruders exploiting software vulnerabilities, the feature of protection against exploits has been added to the System Watcher component.
- The functionality of the Virtual Keyboard has been enhanced: now you can open it by clicking the quick launch icon displayed in data entry fields on websites.
- The application installation procedure has been simplified.
- The size of the application databases has been reduced, which allows lowering the size of data to download and speed up the installation of updates.
- The heuristic analysis performed when checking websites for phishing, has been improved.

# New in protection:
* Improved removal of incompatible applications during installation.
* Improved product activation.
* Protection against unknown threats has been improved with the help of System Watcher.
* The Kaspersky URL Advisor module has been enhanced.
* Improved compatibility of Kaspersky URL Advisor.
* Protection against phishing has been improved.
* File security detection.
* Technologies of rootkit detection.
* The impact of the application on the system performance has been optimized.
* The application’s efficiency has been improved.
* Intellectual system of updates downloading has been implemented.
* Touch-screen support is added.
* The function to view tasks execution has been implemented within Task Manager.
* Kaspersky Desktop Gadget has been significantly enhanced (for Windows Vista/7 only).

# New in interface:
* The main application window now displays all necessary information on your computer’s protection status, the active defense components, the up-to-dateness of the anti-virus databases, and the license period.
* Browsing of Kaspersky Lab news has become more convenient. The news provides information about events in the company, special auctions and discounts.
* Statistics of Kaspersky Security Network activity is now available from the main application window. This feature allows to see how effective the “Cloud” technologies function and how secure your computer is protected.

* New Free UI look. Plus and Trial look exactly the same, but Free has an in-product advertisement
* Translation Fixes including button size changes to grow/shrink depending on translation
* Trial selected by default on install

- Support of the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 operating system has been added.
- Support of Microsoft Office 2010 has been added.
- Support of the Thunderbird 3.0 mail client has been added.
- The incorrect display of the status of a detected threat (encountered if the object containing the threat is deleted manually before it is deleted by the application) has been fixed.
- The incorrect display of an object in the list of detected threats after it is deleted, has been fixed.
- The display of the status of a detected threat in interactive mode after it is added to exclusions, has been fixed.
- The errors in the display of the computer protection status in the main application window have been fixed.
- The problem of increased load on the CPU and operating system hang occurring when updating the application, has been fixed.
- The conflict with torrent clients has been resolved.
- The information actualization error in the Quarantine window occurring when taking actions on objects (such as restoring, adding, and deleting an object, or clearing the storage area) has been fixed. Previously, the user had to close and then open again the Quarantine window to update the information.

# The following innovations have been introduced in Kaspersky Anti-Virus:

* New protection component of the System Watcher provides monitoring of applications activity in the system and provides detailed information to other protection components. Due to the recoverable history of the applications activity, the component can roll back results of a malicious application's actions when such malicious actions are detected by various protection components.
* With the help of the Idle Scan module the computer may be scanned for viruses while you are not working on it, then scanning will stop when you return to work. This allows you to perform a scan regularly and at the same time prevents the reduction of the computer running speed when you need it.
* When Kaspersky Anti-Virus is installed on your computer, you can temporarily switch to Kaspersky Internet Security to assess its features. You can also purchase a license for further use of the application. You will not have to install Kaspersky Internet Security apart from Kaspersky Anti-Virus.