What do you think about Kaspersky anti virus?

Answer 1

It is excellent. Uses little system resources. Updates several times a day, 7 days a week. Plus it misses very few virus. Recent test results from;
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82
put KAV (and its little brother, the free Active Virus Scan) at the top in virus detection:

Rank

1. Kaspersky version 6.0.0.303 - 99.62%

2. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.299 - 99.62%

3. F-Secure 2006 version 6.12.90 - 96.86%

4. BitDefender Professional version 9 - 96.63%

5. CyberScrub version 1.0 - 95.98%

6. eScan version 8.0.671.1 - 95.82%

7. BitDefender freeware version 8.0.202 - 95.57%

8. BullGuard version 6.1 - 95.57%

9. AntiVir Premium version 7.01.01.02 - 95.45%

10. Nod32 version 2.51.30 - 95.14%

11. AntiVir Classic version 7.01.01.02 - 94.26%

12. ViruScape 2006 version 1.02.0935.0137 - 93.87%

13. McAfee version 10.0.27 - 93.03%

14. McAfee Enterprise version 8.0.0 - 91.76%

15. F-Prot version 6.0.4.3 beta - 87.88%

16. Avast Professional version 4.7.871 - 87.46%

17. Avast freeware version 4.7.871 - 87.46%

18. Dr. Web version 4.33.2 - 86.03%

19. Norman version 5.90.23 - 85.65%

20. F-Prot version 3.16f - 85.14%

21. ArcaVir 2006 - 83.44%

22. Norton Professional 2006 - 83.18%

23. AVG Professional version 7.1.405 - 82.82%

24. AVG freeware version 7.1.405 - 82.82%

25. Panda 2007 version 2.00.01 - 82.23%

Answer 2

Kaspersky Lab is a computer security company, co-founded by Eugene Kaspersky, offering antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and anti-intrusion products. According to AV-Comparatives, Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly known as AntiViral Toolkit Pro) rates highly amongst virus scanners in terms of detection rates[citation needed]. In addition, Kaspersky has passed all Virus Bulletin comparative tests since August 2003. According to PC World (Magazine), Kaspersky antivirus software provides the fastest updates for new virus and security threats in the industry[citation needed]. The manual anti-virus scan also is not needed in order to protect the user's computer. Even when the manual virus scan is not updated, the live virus scan will always be intact, and regardless of update will protect the user's computer from all virus threats.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus engine also powers products or solutions by other security vendors, such as Juniper Networks, Sybari (now acquired by Microsoft), Netintelligence, GFI Software, F-Secure, Borderware, Frontbridge, Astaro, G-Data, Netasq and others.

Founded in 1997 by Eugene Kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab is a privately held company headquartered in Moscow, Russia with regional offices in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Japan, China, Korea, USA. In 2005, Red Herring magazine listed Kaspersky among "Red Herring 100 Europe", a selection of the 100 private companies in Europe and Israel that play a leading role in innovation and technology. The executive team includes Natalya Kaspersky as the CEO of the company, Eugene Buyakin - Chief Financial Officer, Daniil Kaptsan -Marketing Director and Andrei Tikhonov - Technical Director.

Awards
When reviewed and ranked, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software found itself with a perfect score and was the recipient of the TopTenReviews Silver Award

Answer 3

Great