Kaspersky Anti-virus has been a renowned antivirus software for years now. The company that develops the software is known as Kaspersky Labs.

Kaspersky Labs has been founded by professional Russian computer security experts and analysts in 1997.

The company has a reputation to often be the first to identify new viruses and to devise methods to combat them. Kaspersky Anti-virus has long been used in Russia and parts of Europe.

However, with its latest release of version 2009, it is believed that Kaspersky Anti-virus is now one of the most popular anti-virus software in the market, outperforming competing products of most of its US rivals such as Symantec and Trend Micro.

The most notable improvement of Kaspersky Anti-virus 2009 can be found in its much simplified interface.

Although the interface is beginner friendly for the less tech savvy but more advanced users can easily configure and control the behaviors of the software, making it easy-to-use yet as powerful as ever.

Kaspersky Anti-virus is preferred over other anti-virus softwares in the market not only because of its effectiveness in detecting and removing malicious programs but also because it has one of the lowest false alarm incidences in the industry.

Besides, it is also able to detect highest number of viruses ever documented compared with other softwares. However, Kaspersky’s proactive/heuristic scan engines and adware/spyware detection still require much improvement.

Being feature rich distinguishes Kaspersky Anti-virus from other anti-virus softwares. Virus signature updates may be available from as short as 1 hour from the last update.

Currently Kaspersky Anti-virus 2009 is also well-equipped for high risk computers with broadband internet connection, providing real-time traffic monitoring and instant malicious codes detection.

Kaspersky Anti-virus is highly recommended because Kaspersky Labs has support staff who works round the clock and will provide customers with immediate attention and assistance.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 is a post from: Computer Spot

A mobile phone especially a smart phone or PDA phone is not just that nowadays. Formerly, mobile phone was only used as a mean of long-distance communication.

Now most phones in the market have multi function features, doubling up as organiser, calculator, GPS and internet devices.

A modern smart phone may not cost much in the US. However, personal information, work documents and sensitive data on the mobile are the valuable ones and surely you cannot afford to lose them.

Can you imagine losing your beloved phone or having the data on it stolen or destroyed by malicious attacks?

Therefore it is absolutely important to secure and protect your mobile phone and sensitive information on it from accidental loss, theft and even malicious programs.

Kaspersky Mobile Security is a good software designed for such situations. It has 2 main features in one software, which are anti-theft protection and anti-malware protection.

The anti-theft protection feature allows you to protect personal data stored on the smartphone in the event it is lost or stolen.

Once you realized the loss of your smartphone, you can block it, delete messages, files and contacts remotely.

This can be achieved through the SMS Clean and SMS Block functions. There is also an advanced feature called SIM Watch, which allows you to be notified if anyone has found or stolen your phone and is using it without reporting to the authorities.

Besides, Kaspersky Mobile Security also protects your phone with its anti-malware protection feature. This feature protects your confidential information as well as block annoying SMS spam and malicious attacks intented on your smartphone.

Malicious softwares are also prevented from sending out mass spam SMS and MMS, infect your PC or dial premium rate numbers which will cause you massive bills.

Kaspersky Mobile Security can be used with phones running on Symbian 9.x Series 60 3rd edition and Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0.

Its single year license fee of $29.95 or 2 years fee at $45.95 is but a small investment to secure your smartphone and give you some peace of mind, knowing that your phone and confidential information are safe.

Kaspersky Mobile Security is a post from: Computer Spot