Appendix C
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Kaspersky
®
Internet Security 7.0
Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 is an integrated solution for protection of
personal computers against the major information- threats (viruses, hackers,
spam and spyware). A single interface enables fusers to configure and manage
all the program’s components.
The anti-virus protection features include:
•
Anti-virus scanning of e-mail traffic
on the level of data transmission
protocol (POP3, IMAP and NNTP for incoming mail and SMTP for
outgoing messages), regardless of the mail client being used. The
program includes plug-ins for popular e-mail clients (such as Microsoft
Office Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express/Windows Mail, and The Bat!)
and supports disinfection of their e-mail databases.
•
Real-time anti-virus scanning of Internet traffic
transferred via HTTP.
•
File system protection
: anti-virus scanning of individual files, folders or
drives. In addition, the application can perform anti-virus analysis
exclusively for critical areas of the operating system and Microsoft
Windows start-up objects.
•
Proactive protection
: the program constantly monitors application
activity and processes running in random-access memory, preventing
dangerous changes to the file system and registry, and restores the
system after malicious influence.
Protection against Internet-fraud
is ensured by recognition of phishing attacks,
thereby preventing confidential data leaks (above all passwords, bank account
and credit card numbers) and blocking execution of dangerous scripts on web
pages, pop-up windows and advertisement banners. The
autodialer blocking
feature helps identify software that attempts to use your modem for hidden
unauthorized connections to paid phone services and blocks such activity.
Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0
registers attempts to scan the ports of your
computer
, which frequently precede network attacks, and successfully defends
against typical network attacks. The program uses
defined rules as a basis
for
control over all network transactions tracking all
incoming and outgoing data
packets
.
Stealth Mode
(owing to the SmartStealth™ technology)
prevents
computer detection from outside
. When you switch to Stealth Mode, the
system blocks all network activity except for a few transactions allowed in user-
defined rules.
The program employs an all-inclusive approach to anti-spam filtering of incoming
e-mail messages:
•
Verification against black and white lists of recipients (including addresses
of phishing sites)
•
Inspection of phrases in message body
