Chapter 5.
Troubleshooting
Why does Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
cause a certain decrease of server
performance, noticeably loading the CPU?
Virus detection is a purely computational (mathematical) problem con-
nected with structural analysis, checksum calculation and mathematical
data conversions. Therefore processor time is the main resource con-
sumed by the anti-virus software. Each new virus that is added to the
anti-virus database increases the overall scanning time. That is a forced
compensation for the security and safety of your data.
Unlike other anti-virus products that speed up scanning by means of ex-
cluding from their databases less easily detectable or less frequent (in
the geographic location of the anti-virus vendor) viruses and file formats
that require complicated analysis (e.g. PDF), Kaspersky Labs believes
that the purpose of its anti-virus is establishment of real, not imaginary,
anti-virus security for its users, since you should never be semi-
protected. Besides, "partial protection" is even worse than no protection
at all (because in the latter case users take personal precautions).
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
gives its users maximum protection. Of course,
the Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
software package allows experienced users
to accelerate anti-virus scanning to the detriment of overall security by
disabling scanning of various file types, but we do not recommend this to
users who want the best protection.
Question: Why do I need the license key ? Will my copy of the anti-virus
program work without it?
No, Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
does not work without a license key.
If you are still deciding whether or not to purchase Kaspersky Anti-
Virus
®
, we can provide you with a temporary key file (trial key), which
will only work for two weeks or a month. When this period expires, the
key will be blocked.
Question: What happens when the product license expires?