The technologies developed by Kaspersky Lab and implemented in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations enable administrators and users to perform the following tasks:
- keep the file system constantly protected from malicious software;
- detect and disinfect malicious code on demand;
- protect email;
- protect office applications and documents from macro commands (macro);
- block execution of unsafe scripts downloaded from the Internet;
- isolate susicious objects in the quarantine folder and save original copies in the backup folder;
- keep the anti-virus database and application modules current;
- distinguish between the rights of security administrator and user for a particular workstation;
- scan files in latent mode that is "invisible" for the user;
- remote the application using administration tools provided with Kaspersky Administration Kit.
KEY FEATURES
1. Anti-Virus Functionality:
- Permanent anti-virus protection of file system objects;
- On-demand scans of file system objects;
- About 90 (in more than 200 versions) supported archives and installation systems!
- More than 400 (in more than 1100 versions) supported utilities of packing executable modules!
- Disinfection of file system objects, memory, and sectors;
- Scans of SMTP/POP3 mail traffic, regardless of the mail client;
- Scans of email traffic transferred via Microsoft Outlook, regardless of the mail protocol used;
- Scanning and disinfection of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express databases;
- Disinfection of ZIP, ARJ, CAB, and RAR archives;
- Scans of VBScript and JavaScript dynamic scripts downloaded from the Internet;
- Scanning and blocking suspicious VBA macro;
- Integration with Windows Security Center for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.
2. Additional Functionality:
The application can be:
- Installed from a remote location, requiring no interaction from the local administrator;
- Automatically registered on the Administration Server;
- Installed correctly even if there are anti-virus applications from other vendors;
- Seamlessly updated from the 4.x versions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations;
The application provides:
- Several types of anti-virus processing that can be scheduled to start at certain time with advanced settings;
- Improved scheduling mechanism;
- Quarantine that is used to store suspicious objects;
- Backup storage, a folder where the application saves original files before any modification;
- An ability to limit the time for storing quarantined objects and the size of backup and quarantine storages;
- Retrieval of database updates from either a local folder or a centralized updating server;
- An ability to copy database updates, both critical updates and all available updates, from the update storage;
- Enhanced updating speed due to automatic connection to the least loaded updating server and the algorithm of downloading remaining updates in case of connection failure;
- Updates for application modules;
- An ability to roll back to the previous version of the anti-virus database;
- Compatibility with the integrate system of anti-virus protection managed by the Administration Server included into Kaspersky Administration Kit;
- Retrieval of updates using proxy server requiring Basic or NTLM authentication;
- Command line utility supporting updating, antiviral scanning and managing real-time protection.
3. Application Interface:
- The interface is intuitive and easy-to-use. The user can monitor the current status of anti-virus protection and database;
- The interface for the office user has only necessary elements and functions;
- The expert-level interface provides great flexibility to the local administrator, allowing him/her to configure the application to meet event the most specific needs;
- Additional administrator interface implemented in the style of Microsoft Management Console is available through Kaspersky Administration Kit;
- Real-time protection is easy to configure using three default protection levels: Maximum protection, Recommended, and High Speed;
- Quick access to scan tasks, update tasks using System Tray and Shell Extension;
- The interface supports extended Unicode encoding with national characters;
- Support for Microsoft Terminal Connections and Fast User Switching modes.
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