We start the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway with a bang. Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is the flagship product of Kaspersky and it is up for grabs for five lucky commenters. All you need to do to enter the giveaway is to leave a comment. Please spread the word so that your friends, family and colleagues can enter the giveaway as well).
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 includes the Kaspersky Antivirus components but extends the protection of the computer system beyond that. At the core stands it antivirus and anti-malware engine that is protecting the system from those threats. The Internet Security 2009 suite adds to that a two-way personal firewall, content filtering and data & identity theft protection.
Several new features have been integrated into the 2009 edition of the software. This includes the ability to restore previous system settings after cleaning malware, security ratings for unknown applications, a virtual keyboard to protect against phishing and keyloggers and the automatic access restriction (user data folders) for unknown applications.
Installation of the software suite should not be problematic although it requires the uninstallation of other applications of its kind before the installation can be completed (Multiple firewalls or antivirus programs can interfere with each other). Inexperienced users can and should keep the automatic settings while experienced users can configure the layers of protection manually. It does not make much sense for example to enable the Anti-Dialer module if the user is connecting to the Internet over a network.
The interface of Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 has been redesigned. It is divided into the four blocks Protection, Scan, Update and License.
- Protection: Various protection layers can be analyzed and configured in this entry. It is also providing access to various tools like the creation of a Rescue Disk, a Security Analyzer or Network Monitor.
- Scan: Perform a quick or full scan of the computer system.
- Update: Will check and download updates
- License: License information. Will list the validity period of the application
Inexperienced users will love the automatism of the software program. The initial scan of the system will add automatic rules for most applications that are installed on the system. Kaspersky Internet Security did add applications like Firefox, Thunderbird or Teamspeak to the list of trusted applications which in turn meant that no “Do you want to permit” windows where launched when the application was started.
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is compatible with all 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista. A trial version is available that can be used for 30 days without restrictions.
The Giveaway:
Kaspersky gave us five program suites and we will give all five to you. Just post a comment before December 2 12:00 CET and you are taking part in the Giveaway. Make sure to include an email address so that we can contact you with the details in case that you have won.
Winners:
Joseph, Bernard, Ian, Mezan and Enigma
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Here, I did it, comment left, mission accomplished!
iḿ in :)
Great freebie – love to win it.
Have a nice day everyone. Hope will win it
That certainly is starting the giveaway with a bang!
Good luck everbody :D And thanks to ghacks.net .
want
Me too please!
Thats the best antivrus i have ever used. can i get antojher copy as my expired 2 months ago. NIce giveaway
me too, thanks
I’m in. I’d like to win, Kaspersky is the #1 antivirus software IMHO.
Great product – have tried the trial but too expensive to own it. Wish I’ll get it. :)
GOOD GIVEAWAY
I hope I’m the lucky one…
A trully fabulous product – thanks for offering it as a prize. Christmas would be trully sorted with this offering!
excellent product just what my computer needs.
Wow, nice gift to start a giveaway =)
Pretty good security solution, although it can be quite intrusive with the pop-ups
Very nice stuff!
it’s a real bang! me too please
me toooooo :)
I currently use the free version of AVG because Kaspersky is too expensive. Hope I get lucky!
Good News.
This makes me think I’d better start Christmas shopping. Love to get this and feel more secure while doing all that online shopping
I was wondering about the level of protection KIS offers against Rootkits.
Sinowal/Mebroot is as of now one of the most dangerous rootkits out in the wild, more so because it’s being constantly updated to combat the recognition techniques deployed by the good guys and of course, due to the fact that it overwrites the MBR and loads or tries to load itself *before* Windows begins.
F-Secure’s BlackLight may help. How does KIS 2009 stand up to it?
I am taking my chance :-)
very nice gift..thx
I always heard Kaspersky is an excellent antivirus. A good chance to try it if i get it.
:)
Love start to the Christmas Giveaway thanks
don’t forget about me.. :)