Cyber criminals thick of action in 2012 and 2013, have increased their presence through online marketing.

TheBlackhole exploit kitrampant in 2012 replaced by new exploit kits in 2013.

They were using parent malicious code.

Kaspersky a top-notch brand in AV products.

Itexposed this dangerous root-kitin 2011 itself.

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Users appraised of this dangerous vulnerability.

How will you protect your online security?

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Malware attacks from malicious hackers and unidentified drudges!

Most of the 2014 Internet community are mobile users.

Android is making waves as the most mobile-friendly mobile operating system.

But we cannot underestimate the power of Windows.

It still has billion computers.

The best advice from me is to useKaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows.It makes online protection maximum and data-theft minimum.

There are several ways of invoking theKaspersky Anti-Virus controls.

There will be Kaspersky icon in the system tray of Windows.

Right-click it and choose the configs option.

Alternate path: Double-click to bring up the defaultKaspersky Anti-Virus interface.

A small label called tweaks exists at the bottom.

It will launch the same pop-up window.

That window will contain some options to fine-tune your KAV tweaks.

you could deactivate the KAV protection by dragging the slider to the right-hand side.

Green indicates protection is ON.

This will also ensure that KAV launches on Windows start-up and protects your gear during entire session.

There are also other options like 1.Interactive protectionand 2.Autorun.

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you’re able to also disable them by un-checking that option.

The second option lets you start the software on system-start-up which is an recommended action by Kaspersky.

Two labels Restore SettingsandDefault tweaks.

you’re free to enable or disable each option.

The File-Anti-Virus option scans all opened, saved and active files.

The IM-Anti-Virus option scans incoming and outgoing IM messages for mailicious and phishing links.

The Mail Anti-Virus scans incoming and outgoing messages for dangerous objects.

The Web Anti-Virus protects incoming web traffic and prevents dangerous scripts from running on your setup.

The System Watcher rolls back malware actions.

(Credit : Kaspersky).

Peformance

Windows performance optimization.

On utility start-up lot of CPU and memory required.

To reduce this weight on the OS, you might useGaming Profile.

Laptop users can also benefit from this option.

During scanning and update tasks, lot of computer resources needed.

This also takes some time to complete.

If you are onbatterymode, you’re able to check option to disable scheduled scan tasks.

It is helpful if the system is using battery power.

The best part is in the usage of computer resources.

In my case-study, I found that whenKAV-2014 is scanning your box, Windows almost hangs.

to make it prevent time-loss, best to change the automatic scan schedule to manual schedule.

It solved much of the performance problems of KAV-2014.

Alternatively, there are other options available.

you could concede computer resources to Windows OS, when the computer starts.

Why not use the Idle resources when you computer is free?

Just like the blackhole exploit kit, other root-kits can dis-function your box.

For this purpose it’s possible for you to also enable rootkit scans.

Computer Scan

Sometimes false-positives can put cracks and other pirated software at risk.

Unknowingly a file may get delete by the anti-virus.

To protect from such adversaries, its best to keep the protection level to an optimum.

Additional

There several other parameters which are miscellaneous.

You have

which can help to fine tune your KAV-2014 product.

Conclusion

The bottom line is that KAV-2014 is laymans knife for computer viruses and threats.

Personally, I didnt face any problem after I suspend the automatic scan of my computer of KAV-2014.

Earlier Kaspersky Anti-Virus products took lot of time and resources to update.

But lot of it is rectified in 2014 Kaspersky products.

The best part is you could tailor the product upon your needs in KAV-2014.

The above screenshot from PassMark indicates that it is one of the top-notch products in the AV industry.