Customer ratings are good.
One of the noted things is that it still works on Windows XP.
Yes it works for you, as well!!!
It works on the Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate.
But some features only work on the 32-bit operating system.
The KAV-2014 also supports the Windows 8 and 8.1 OS.
It works both on the Pro and Enterprise versions.
The hardware requirements are the same, just like the Windows 7 OS.
You also need 480 MB free hard-disk space which is mainly required for storing anti-virus database.
The hardware requirements for the good-old Netbooks are little different.
The Kaspersky home page gives more clear specifications on this requirement.
The latest product version of KAV-2014 is 14.0.0.4651abc.
(as on 5th Jan, 2014).
It has accurate phishing protection.
Bonus tools are an added advantage.
A new feature in the form of anti-blocker functionality is also introduced.
According to the AV-test,Kaspersky has the power to detect threatsat a 100% success rate.
This is only second to Bitdefender AntiVirus plus which scores more points than KAV-2014.
It scores 100% on the protection and usability scores for Windows 7 performance on AV-test conducted bytoptenreviews.com.
The help and support from Kaspersky team is good.
It has Live-chat, Email and Phone support which is essential in case of troubleshooting a problematic PC.
Though its full of advantages KAV-2014 isnt without any drawbacks.
Sometimes its difficult to install KAV-2014 on malware-infested systems.
On the hands-on test conducted byPCMag, it did not produce great results on the malware blocking test.
A user complained that it had some performance and installation difficulties on Windows 8.1.
The loading time on start-up was long and gave a false-positive security-risk during installation.
The other AV like BitDefender and Free Panda are much quicker than KAV-2014.
It costs $40 (approx) for 1PC 1 Year Protection.
If its in the UK, the price is 29.99 from the manufacturer himself.
The price is the same in Australia, just like their US counter-parts.
There is also30% off if you renew your Kaspersky AV license.
A FREE trial offer for 30 days should be sufficient to test this product.
PCMag reviewer Neil J. Rubenking gave a rating of 4/5.
On the US site of Kaspersky, it got a rating of 4.5/5 among 904 votes till date.
On CNET, it got 3.5/5 out of 534 reviews.
Conclusion
But as a bottom-line, it is recommended by many review websites to buy it.
