Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 3-User [Old Version]

by Kaspersky Lab

Product Features

• Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 delivers essential anti-virus protection with advanced features such as a best-in-class firewall, anti-spam, and more
• Hourly signature updates, best-in-class unknown threat protection, and application alerts give you complete confidence
• Safe Desktop allows you to safely open any suspicious application, file, email or web site
• Enhanced parental controls to limit or log activities and communications
• Small footprint, tiny updates and intelligent scanning lets your machine perform to the max

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B003WT1KHS
• Item model number: KIS1101111
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 20, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (399 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #864 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #87 in Software > Computer Security > Internet Security
  • #93 in Software > Utilities > Internet Utilities

Product Description

Amazon.com

Kaspersky Internet Security combines the essential security of our advanced anti-virus software with additional layers of defense, such as firewall and parental controls. Innovative technologies deliver real-time protection, monitor suspicious activity, and block dangerous actions before they can cause harm—all while working silently in the background.

Real-Time Protection against viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms, rootkits, botnets and more.

Small footprint, tiny updates and intelligent variable scanning lets your machine perform to the max.

Kaspersky technologies proactively seek out suspicious activity on your system, blocking dangerous actions before they can cause any harm.

New features keep your kids safe and responsible.

3-User Version

This version of Kaspersky Internet Security covers three PCs for one year. A single-user version is also available.

The Kaspersky Difference

The Internet is full of cyberjunk that brings stress, worry and inconvenience. Viruses, spyware, spam--it's what we call digital pollution. At Kaspersky Lab, we work relentlessly to deliver the world's best security software that's easy to use and won't slow you down--giving you your rightful freedom to enjoy the web to its full potential.

Premium Multi-Layer Protection

Hourly signature updates, best-in-class unknown threat protection, and application vulnerability alerts give you complete confidence.

Superior Identity Theft Defense

Advanced security against phishing attacks, real-time analysis of web sites, and our exclusive Virtual Keyboard to protect your most sensitive data.

Ease & Convenience

New Desktop Security Gadget for easy drag-and-drop virus scanning and instant access to all your security settings.

Maximum PC Performance

Small footprint, tiny updates and intelligent variable scanning lets your machine perform to the max.

Key Features

Core Protection

• Real-Time Protection against viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms, rootkits, botnets and more.
• Robust Anti-Spam protection
• Small Hourly Signature Updates
• Two-Way Firewall to block hacker attacks

Advanced Protection

• Safe Desktop (available on 32-bit operating systems) allows you to safely open any suspicious application, file, email or web site
• Safe Surf alerts you to potentially malicious web sites
• System Watcher proactively detects dangerous activity on your PC
• Application Control prevents dangerous applications from harming your system
• Vulnerability Detection seeks out compromised programs and recommends patches
• Advanced Parental Controls monitor, limit and block your kids' online activities

Identity Protection

• Anti-Phishing protects your digital identity
• Virtual Keyboard provides secure entry of online banking and shopping information

Performance

• iChecker/iSwift provide intelligent scanning for maximum performance
• Gamer Mode for an uninterrupted gaming experience

Additional Features

• Free Technical Support (Phone, Live Chat, E-mail, Knowledge Base)
• Works great with Netbooks
• Rescue CD restores your system if maliciously attacked

Key Technologies

Improved--Award-winning Technologies

Kaspersky offers complete protection from known and emerging internet threats while utilizing minimal computer resources behind-the-scenes.

Small, Frequent Updates

Kaspersky delivers especially-small, hourly database updates that won't slow down your computer or web connection. Combined with real-time threat intelligence, you're armed with the best-possible, most-timely protection.

Improved--Emerging Threat Detection

Thousands of new Internet threats emerge daily, so complete protection requires more than updates to your antivirus databases. Kaspersky technologies proactively seek out suspicious activity on your system, blocking dangerous actions before they can cause any harm.

New--Safe Surf

Delivers unparalleled online security, so you'll never stumble onto dangerous or offensive websites. Customize Safe Surf settings to alert you to "suspicious" sites, helping you make informed decisions about where to share your personal information.

New--System Watcher

Cutting-edge technology for proactive defense against emerging threats. System Watcher monitors and analyzes system activity to detect any dangerous behavior - without draining performance. Malicious actions can be rolled-back, preventing permanent damage.

New--Desktop Security Gadget

For quick access to your protection status and settings. Customizable buttons allow you to have the security features you use the most close-at-hand. And, you can drag and drop files onto the gadget for easy, on-the-spot virus scanning.

Improved--Urgent Detection System

Offers the ultimate real-time protection when you surf the web, use web mail or download files. Our global team of virus analysts can "red-flag" previously unknown malware within minutes of its inception, giving you the ultimate protection as new threats emerge.

Improved--Anti-Phishing Protection and Virtual Keyboard

Your digital identity and passwords are absolutely secure when you're shopping, banking or social networking online.

Improved--Safe Run

Provides an added layer of protection for running suspicious or unknown programs and websites. The Safe Run environment is completely walled-off from your data and PC settings, so you can "test drive" programs with total confidence that no harm will come to your system.

Improved--Advanced Parental Controls

New features keep your kids safe and responsible. Monitor, block and/or limit communications via email, IM and social networks. Block access to applications, games and websites. Even block the transfer of private data such as phone and credit card numbers.

Improved--Anti-Spam and Two-Way Firewall

Keeps hackers and annoying, potentially dangerous spam from infiltrating your system. New, leading anti-spam technology filters the good from the bad, and trains itself to block spam based on your email habits.

Application Control

Uses real-time threat intelligence to determine security privileges for every application you launch - without impacting system performance. Unknown or suspicious applications are watched or restricted from certain potentially-harmful actions. And potentially dangerous applications are completely blocked from harming your system.

Vulnerability Detection

Finds vulnerable programs on your PC that haven't been updated with the latest fixes, and helps patch these holes in your protection before they can be exploited.

iChecker/iSwift Scanning Technologies

Kaspersky Lab technologies that help keep your system at maximum performance, while providing premium protection. Efficiently balances system scans to reduce activities while you're watching movies, surfing the web or toggling multiple programs. Our "smart scanning" knows to only scan files that have been opened or modified since the last scan, so your computer isn't wasting time with unnecessary activity.

Gamer Mode

With one-click, Gamer Mode automatically blocks pop-ups and reduces use of your PC's resources to a bare minimum. Games won't be interrupted or slowed, and Kaspersky will still flag any hackers or malware that tries to sneak onto your system.

Installation on Severely Infected PCs

If your PC is so severely infected that no software can be installed on it, Kaspersky will prompt you to download a proprietary tool to scan and eliminate all threats on your machine. You can then quickly and easily proceed with the product's installation to ensure you're never crippled by malware again.

Network Attack Blocker

Scans incoming network traffic for activities that are characteristic of a network attack. If an attempt to attack your computer is detected, Kaspersky blocks any and all network activity from the attacking computer.

Product Description

KIS 2011 US 3-DT 1YR box

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

203 of 215 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Product But Too Many Problems September 2, 2010

By R. Tishkevich

Product Packaging:Retail|Amazon Verified Purchase

After using Norton for years and getting totally frustrated with their horrible service and an atrocious product called Norton 360 [early version], I switched to Kaspersky about 3 years ago. That was a smart move because Kaspersky has better customer service and a SUPERIOR product. Let me start by saying Kaspersky is the best consumer product for protection of your computer, however, they have significant problems every time they upgrade to a new version. Even worse, management refuses to communicate with their customers about those problems.

One of the pluses of buying this product is the following. If a new version comes out during your one year cycle, you can upgrade to the new product for FREE. The downside, with both the 2010 and 2011 upgrades, many customers [not all] had major problems. With the 2010 upgrade, I was one of many whose system slowed to a crawl for weeks until they finally fixed the problem. Management failed to send out an email advising customers there was a problem. I learned about it after the fact. I was one day away from leaving the product for good when it was finally corrected. I thought they learned their lesson but they didn't because 2011 is causing a new array of problems.

With Kaspersky 2011, [for many customers] if you open a photo it will completely freeze your system. I'm talking about a complete lock up, you cannot use Ctrl-Alt-Delete to get to the Task Manager and you can't even reboot. The one and only way to get your system restarted is to turn off the power, wait about 30 seconds, and turn your computer back on. That is totally unacceptable!

After several weeks of complete silence from management, the problem was corrected and now users can check out photos without a system failure. Most users had no idea why their system was freezing and locking up. The company should have sent an email to every customers saying:

1. We have a problem with the 2011 upgrade
2. When you do X, your computer will lock up
3. We are aware of the problem and are working on an update to fix the issue.
4. The "Tentative" Date for the fix is whatever date they select
5. In the interim, we recommend you do Y

All software companies have problems. But everyone appreciates and understands when customer service acknowledges they made a mistake and they're working hard to correct the problem. A lack of communication results in customer frustration and a negative attitude towards the product and the company. As much as I like and respect the actual product, I would NOT touch Kaspersky 2011 until management decides to be honest, open, and communicate with it's customers. Yes, they eventually corrected the problem described above, but I was much more frustrated with their lack of concern for with their customers.

100 of 114 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Whether you own a powerful desktop or a modest mini-laptop, KIS 2011 is a worthy purchase for users of Windows 7 64-bit September 12, 2010

By Hugo D. Hackenbush

Product Packaging:Retail

*(PLEASE NOTE: This review is geared towards Windows 7 64-bit users with a fairly recent computer build, e.g. any dual core processor PC built over the past four years or less. PC users with ten-year-old Pentium 4/XP computing rigs should look elsewhere for advice; if possible, they should also consider upgrading and/or replacing their aging hardware and OS, as the cost/value ratio in the PC market has never, ever been better... even when one takes into consideration these hard economic times.)

As was the case last year, after taking a month-long test run with the latest internet security suites (Avast, Norton, McAfee), I have come away very impressed with Kaspersky Internet Security. I own a 4-year-old Dell XPS 410 with an Intel Core 2 6700 CPU @ 2.66GHz, equipped with a "RAID 0" 2 TB dual hard drive, 8 GB DDR2 RAM and an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB "Direct X 10"-compatible graphics card. I have been using KIS on this computer since 2007, back in the days when I had Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed, and my computer was equipped with only 4 GB RAM and a 650 GB Hard Drive (in fact, the upgrade to my hard drive and RAM was only done weeks ago, right after I finished testing). While I was fairly unimpressed with KIS's sluggish performance when I ran it on Vista 32-bit (at least on my computer; my mother's PC, which uses Vista 32-Bit, has never had a problem), ever since I upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, KIS has shown itself to be a terrific, smooth-running (if imperfect) security suite that is improving with each new incarnation.

The Good:

- Installation is intuitive, quick and painless;

- KIS 2011 works excellently and unobtrusively with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. For the past month that I have been using it, I have experienced no obvious bugs, hiccups, computer slowdown or start-up/shut-down hangs to speak of;

- KIS 2011 sports a new, clearly-marked interface that improves on last year's (mostly successful) attempt at making KIS more novice user-friendly. KIS's latest look is extremely clean and utilitarian, which means a relatively painless learning curve for newbies;

- KIS 2011 contains plenty of smart, easy-to-implement customization tweaks in the protection settings that should more-than-satisfy experienced users;

- KIS 2011 uses even less system resources than KIS 2010 (which was by no means a resource-hog). In fact, KIS 2010 blows most full-featured internet security suites out of the water in this regard (and that includes the latest incarnation of Norton, which while no where near as resource-hungry as past versions, still lags behind KIS in that respect);

- KIS 2011's excellent "system watcher" feature has gotten even smarter (and less intrusive) than earlier iterations, keeping ever vigilant of changes, attacks or takeovers that are attempted on your computer;

- KIS 2011's intelligently implemented firewall protection is among the best (if not the best) of any security suite I've tested;

- The parental control feature on KIS 2011 is outstanding. Simply put, your child will be well and thoroughly protected from internet dangers. In fact, from what I've seen so far this year, no other internet security suite with this feature comes even close in terms of effectiveness and ease-of-use, with the exception of "Kasperky PURE", Kasperky's answer to "Norton 360". Although I have never personally used it, from what I understand of "Kasperky PURE", it has all the features of KIS 2010, plus a couple more options for parental controls. Still, KIS 2011's parental control features are quite complete (e.g. internet usage, web browsing, file downloads, instant messaging, social networking, private data and word usage are all covered) and should more than suffice for all but the most demanding parents;

- Malware and networking detection/protection is top-notch;

- Viral/malware/spyware/trojan scanning has little impact on the speed of your computer, meaning you can run a scan simultaneously while doing other tasks on your computer with little impact on system resources;

- As always, the free software upgrades mean you only have to continue renewing your subscription, as opposed to shelling out money annually for software upgrades (HINT: KIS 2010 is going for pretty cheap right about now...).

However, there are some cons:

- The spam filter is mediocre at best, and needs a lot of work. My testing with KIS 2011's spam feature using Microsoft Outlook was extremely unimpressive. Spam got through at least 40% of the time. To be fair, Kaspersky claims that a certain period of training is needed to maximize the spam filter's effectiveness. However, Norton Internet Security's spam protection feature worked terrifically right out of the box. For those (like me) who use a web-based email account which already has junk mail filters in place (e.g. Yahoo, Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Gmail), this is a non-issue. However, users of client-based email acccounts (e.g. Microsoft Outlook, Pegasus Mail, Mozilla's Thunderbird) that are in need of spam protection should very well consider Norton Internet Security over KIS 2011;

- Phishing protection on KIS 2011 is still surprisingly hit-or-miss, and seemingly has improved little since last year. Under my testings, both IE 8 and Firefox 3.6 contain superior built-in phishing protection, with both browsers catching malicious websites that simply went undetected by KIS 2011. Thankfully, phishing security settings on most web browsers are set up to be "on" by default and are quite effective at their job, meaning this isn't as much a concern as it could be. Nevertheless, at a retail price of $79.95, KIS 2011 has no excuse for this kind of weak performance in such a crucial area of internet security;

- Although comparable with other internet security suites, KIS 2011 is fairly slow at scanning large hard drives;

- While protection and detection is excellent, the removal of certain malwares can prove to be problematic for KIS 2011. Recently, my mother (a computer novice running Vista 32-bit on her four-year old Dell PC) happened to inadvertently give KIS 2011 permission to allow a stubborn (but thankfully fairly innocuous) malware trojan to infect her computer. Although KIS 2011 immediately alerted her to the fact that her computer was now infected, it was unable to completely remove this specific trojan once it was installed (to be fair, Norton, Ad-Aware, Avast and Spy Doctor also had problems removing this specific malware). The moral of this story? For novices, always keep KIS 2011's interactive protection settings (found under the "system watcher" feature) on automatic, rather than manual; under that setting, my mother would never have been given the option to allow such malware to infect her computer in the first place.

- Unfortunately, as some have already pointed out, the excellent "safe run" feature on Kasperky does not work well with 64-bit computers, a fact I was only recently made aware of, since I never did attempt to use that particular feature on my computer. However, I did indeed spend some time with it on my dear old mother's computer (again, which runs Windows Vista 32-Bit) when I re-installed her PC's software and made an attempt to teach her how to use it (she's a tech-phobe to the 11th degree). If you are running 32-Bit with KIS 2011, and have need of this feature, you're in luck: it works great. In fact, the "safe run" sandbox virtual environment (which allows you to test run your data and PC settings completely walled-off from the rest of your system) has been vastly improved from last year, and now works terrifically, with far less slowdown than the previous version. Hopefully, Kasperky will release some kind of 64-Bit version of "Safe Run" in the future.

As a side note, perhaps the most pointless new feature offered by KIS this year is the "Desktop Security Gadget", an unsightly orb-shaped sidebar gadget that offers redundant features such as having immediate customized access to your most used KIS 2011's protection settings (because clicking on the KIS taskbar icon is so time consuming) and the ability to drag and drop files onto the gadget for virus scanning (for those who have trouble right-clicking on a file and selecting "scan for viruses").

Caveats aside, Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 is an overall excellent security suite. It's not perfect, but then this true in one respect or another of all internet security suites; as is the case with any consumer product, your needs will ultimately dictate your purchase. For me, KIS 2011's pros outweighs it cons. Between its light resource footprint, smooth performance, intuitive interface, and potent, tweakable protection features, I have come to consider KIS an essential annual purchase.

UPDATE, 11/10/10: Since writing this review, (one month ago) I purchased a Dell M101z mini-laptop, which runs Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit and is equipped with an AMD Athlon II Neo dual core 1.3Ghz processor, 350 GB Hard Drive, 4 GB DDR3 RAM and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 integrated graphics card; in other words, this is a considerably less powerful computer than my desktop. Upon receiving my laptop, I immediately installed KIS 2011, and am happy to report that after one month of use, I have found that KIS 2011 runs just as smoothly and effectively as it does on my desktop. The bottom line is, if you have a comparable (or superior) PC setup to either of my computers, I strongly encourage those in need to give KIS 2011 a try.

42 of 46 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The best security package I have ever used. September 20, 2010

By Gustavo Orellana

Product Packaging:Retail|Amazon Verified Purchase

Kaspersky replaced McAfee on my computer, low resource utilization and no problems. Easy installation.

Not only can I use my computer at any time, I can also print on my wireless connected printer. McAfee decided that since I did not have their product installed on the "computer" on my home network I could not use it. To print I had to disable the firewall. Kaspersky correctly identifies the device as a printer and have no problems using all of the features of my all-in-one.

The installation was flawless and fast, even though there was a new version available and the download was large.

Full system scan runs very quietly on the background and I don't even notice it is doing anything, I had to open the window to see if it was still doing it or it was completed. It also ran in half the time of what McAfee used to take, and you do notice McAfee when it is running.

Another advantage is that it has not used up another license because I am running a multi-core processor, McAfee had me at five licenses because of this problem. My computer is set-up as a single user computer.

I have not contacted support for anything, so I can't rate it.

I have not found any of the problems reported in other reviews for 64-bit based systems with multi-core processor (Intel i7 X980) and Windows 7 ultimate, every program performs flawlesly and starts faster than they were starting before I switched to Kaspersky.