( November 2018)Īn edition of Kaspersky's anti-virus solution for Linux workstations is available to business consumers. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Days later, the software maker had offered preliminary protection to customers, and a week later a permanent patch made available. One could let attackers commandeer systems that use it, and one allowed CHM files to insert malicious code.
In 2005, two critical flaws were discovered in Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Īlso, Kaspersky, like the majority of its competitors, is incompatible with many other anti-virus and anti-spyware software. These missing features include a personal firewall, HIPS, Secure Keyboard, Anti Spam, AntiBanner and parental control tools. Kaspersky Anti-Virus lacks certain features found in Kaspersky Internet Security. It also scans incoming instant messenger traffic, email traffic, automatically disables links to known malware hosting sites while using Internet Explorer or Firefox, and includes free technical support and free product upgrades within paid-subscription periods.
In addition, Kaspersky Anti-Virus prevents itself from being disabled by malware without user permission via password access prompts upon disabling protection elements and changing internal settings. Microsoft Windows users may download an antivirus rescue disk that scans the host computer during booting inside an isolated Linux environment. Unfortunately, this makes it easier for hackers to create a single piece of virus code that will hit millions of users.Kaspersky Anti-Virus features include real-time protection, detection and removal of viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, adware, keyloggers, malicious tools and auto-dialers, as well as detection and removal of rootkits. Secondly, the run-away popularity of easy-to-use distributions like Ubuntu has consolidated the fragmented Linux user base. The fact that major computer distributors like Dell are shipping desktops and laptops with Linux per-installed is testament to this shift. Firstly, there is a general increase in the popularity of the OS with more and more home users adopting Linux. In the past few years, however, both these points have been eroded.
Secondly, the fact that there are many variations (distributions) of the Linux OS meant virus programmers would have to create and test separate attack code for each of them.Ĭompare this to Windows where a single virus code is capable of infecting everybody that uses the operating system. It was always far more lucrative to attack Windows because of its large user base. This meant hackers had a low number of potential victims and hence a low 'return on investment' for their efforts. Firstly, the general popularity of Linux amongst home users wasn't very high. It used to be the case that Linux was not heavily targeted by malware writers for two main reasons.
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