In the past year, our products have received a lot of awards, including more first places than
any other consumer security product. So, why should we bother making these awesome
products even better? Just kidding, there’s always room for improvement, so Kaspersky
Internet Security 2019 and its siblings are better than their predecessors in a number of ways.
Speed
Our solutions were fast before, but now they are lightning fast. We’ve managed to increase
the speed of almost every process in our security solutions for consumers. They also require
less operating memory and fewer other resources. Installation takes less time as well, and
updates are barely noticeable for users. DOWNLOAD
Security
Again, our solutions were already placing first for their detection level and extremely low
numbers of false-positives. In their 2019 versions we’ve made them even better and more
clever in very different ways. For example, we’ve taught them to monitor outgoing requests to
IP addresses so that if a file or process tries to access a server that’s known to be malicious,
the Web antivirus will detect and block the request. The same goes for HTTP requests.
Technology
Modern security solutions use a variety of techniques to fight malware. Signatures detect
known malware. Heuristics — basically, rules written by analysts — catch malware that is not
yet known to us but that behaves in ways similar to known malware strains. Machine learning
can distinguish files based on examples without being explicitly programmed.
And now we present our brand-new Behavioral Model, which combines the best from the
worlds of behavioral analysis and machine learning, meaning it can proactively detect
a broader scope of threats. It’s more than just behavioral rules; using only examples,
it can decide what is bad and what is good without any help from malware experts.
The addition of that component puts us (and you, our users) a step ahead in the race
against cyber criminals.
Integration
Microsoft Windows 10 has a bunch of cool security features that work even better
when combined with a good AV solution. That’s why we’ve integrated our products with
these features: Now they can take advantage of Windows 10’s built-in tools to prevent
different kinds of attacks (be they DLL hijacking, malicious scripts, or attacks that make
use of the newly introduced Linux Subsystem for Windows 10. We haven’t seen malware
using the Linux Subsystem in the wild yet, but we believe that malefactors will introduce
it rather soon).
Consistency
Starting with the 2019 versions, our products detect and delete adware by default just as
they do with malware. Adware may not seem harmful, but it can be. It annoys users, distracts
them, can download other adware programs or files that may be directly malicious, and is
capable of doing a lot of other dangerous things. These things do not improve users’
experience of using their PCs, and that’s why we decided that adware has to be deleted
by default.
Convenience
Users need to know that they are protected — and certainly need to know if they are not protected. That’s why we’re changing the icon in the system tray (for Windows and Mac),
the product window, the Web plugin, and basically everywhere you might see it. Instead of
the traditional letter K icon you’re used to, instead there will be a shield icon whose colors
change depending on the current status. If everything’s OK, the icon will remain green. If
something needs attention — say, because the databases are outdated — it will turn red.
Everything has changed
The changes that we’ve mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg — there’s more, much more,
and we just won’t be able to fit it into a single post. The design has been improved, the
functions of the My Kaspersky Web account have been improved, our Password Manager and
Software Updater have changed — and so on and so forth. Everything is better, faster, more
tightly integrated, and easier to use.
Solutions for everyone
Today’s a big day for us because all of our consumer solutions have been upgraded. And we
have a number of solutions, so that everyone can find something that suits their needs.