Many computer users prefer Kaspersky because of their quality antivirus and internet security suites. Here is a brief Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 review.

System Requirements, File Size, and Licensing
The 2011 suite supports Windows OS from XP to Windows 7 with no additional requirements. File size of its installer is 106.49 MB, which some users might find bulky. This internet security suite is a little costly at $79.95 per year for three PCs and $119.95 for two years.

What is New in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 Version?

• Supports installation on infected PCs
• Can use installation CD as a bootable rescue disk
• Enhancement through Desktop Security Gadgets
• System Watcher feature for on the spot defense against internet threats
• Safe Desktop, Safe Run, and Safe Surf feature to block suspicious programs and websites
• Allows geo tagging for blocking region-specific contents

They had introduced new tools to ensure that your computer is safe from threats and malicious websites. This set of features compensates for its high cost as well as its bulky file size.

Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware
Its built-in antivirus blocks harmful files by monitoring your HTTP and FTP traffic. One good thing about it is that it instantly blocks potential threats before you can download it from the internet. Other antivirus programs will only block the execution of a harmful file after you downloaded it. Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2011 will not allow downloading such files, which effectively eliminates the contact between your PC and the harmful file. As a whole, both the antivirus and anti-spyware protection works remarkably well.

Anti-Spam Protection
This is an area where Kaspersky needs improvement. Though it has the capability to distinguish spam from legitimate mails, it sometimes cannot block mails from a blacklisted address. It also failed to block some simulated spam messages and you might need a handful of emails to properly train its anti-spam program.

Parental Control
This is one highlight of the suite. It offers extensive controls and features apart from blocking pornography sites. It allows setting the time when the computer can be used, how long a user can stay logged on, and even blocks internet search of certain words and phrases. However, it does not support remote administration of parental controls as some competitors do.

It is also worth noting that the program has some extras like intelligent firewall and outstanding user interface. There are also many positive Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 review in terms of its added features like Safe Run and Safe Surf.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 provides powerful programs for typical and advanced users. It has top of the line features in protecting your computer except for its built in anti-spam. This suite is one of the best choices that you can have in the market today.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 Review published by Spyware, Adware and Computer Security News (www.spywarenews.org)
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Zango’s high-profile lawsuit against anti-spyware company Kaspersky Lab is “akin to a cat burglar suing the alarm company,” Kaspersky’s law firm argued to a federal appellate court.

In papers filed this week with the 9th Circuit, Kaspersky said that Zango has no grounds to sue the security company for removing Zango’s software, which serves pop-up ads. “Allowing Zango’s suit will have a chilling effect on the Internet security industry and, ultimately, on use of the Internet,” Kaspersky argues.

Calling security software vendors “the sentinels of the Internet,” Kaspersky argued that forcing such companies “to allow malware to pass through a computer’s ‘gates’ unchallenged will compromise computer security and, ultimately, the free flow of information over the Internet.”

This case, initially brought by Zango last year, has drawn the attention of several prominent organizations and companies. Two weeks ago, the National Business Coalition on E-Commerce and Privacy weighed in on Zango’s behalf, arguing that Zango’s lawsuit against the spyware removal company should proceed to trial. The Coalition’s members include major companies like Eastman Kodak, JP Morgan Chase and Experian. Those companies install cookies on users’ computers and have an interest in discouraging anti-spyware vendors from removing those cookies.

Kaspersky also has powerful supporters, including the digital rights group Center for Democracy & Technology. That group plans to file a friend-of-the-court brief on the company’s behalf on Monday, according to Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Ari Schwartz.

Zango filed suit against Kaspersky last year, alleging that the company interfered with Zango’s business relationships with consumers by removing Zango adware from people’s computers. Kaspersky manufactures programs that remove adware and spyware, including Zango’s software, which serves consumers pop-up ads based on their Web-surfing activity.

U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the federal Communications Decency Act immunizes interactive services providers that act in good faith to block objectionable material.

Zango appealed that ruling, arguing that Kapersky was itself a form of “badware” because it allegedly removed a program that consumers had chosen to install Zango.

In its brief filed this week asking the 9th Circuit to uphold Coughenour’s ruling, Kaspersky went on the attack against Zango and adware. “Zango adware is, of course, a source of pop-up ads, which, in general, many computer users find objectionable,” Kaspersky argued. “Apart from causing pop-up ads and opening links to sexually-explicit websites, adware itself is often harmful to a computer system, consuming computer memory, slowing processing time, causing computer system crashes, and clogging Internet connections.”

Eric Goldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University, said that at least one other federal court has also recently interpreted the Communications Decency Act as immunizing a Web company for blocking objectionable content. Judge James Zabel of Illinois last month dismissed a lawsuit by e360insight against Comcast for allegedly treating e360′s e-mails as spam and blocking them.

Zango was criticized in the past for allegedly installing adware without first obtaining users’ consent. In 2006, the FTC brought a complaint against Zango, and the adware company agreed to pay a $3 million fine, refrain from installing adware without first making sure that people consented, and to monitor third-party distributors to make sure they are not installing the software without consent.

A Zango spokesperson declined to comment on Kaspersky’s argument, other than to say the company intended to file a response with the 9th Circuit in two weeks.

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