Kaspersky question.

[Charz]

I was using kaspersky 5 for a while. Every time I did a virus scan it wouldn't pick up any viruses and very rarely it would detect 1 or 2 viruses. I recently updated my kaspersky to 6 and I did a scan on my whole computer and there were over 200 viruses. I can't believe it hardly detected anything on 5. Does anyone know why it did this?? thanks.

[Steve R Jones]

The newest version of kaspersky is version SEVEN. It could be that the older versions simply can't detect the newer bugs..

Are you sure you had 200 viruses? Or was it spyware/malware? There's a big difference.

If they were viruses, one has to wonder where you're surfing to get that many

[Charz]

Hi there were more adware than viruses. I am just shocked that it never picked these up before.

[Teknophobia]

It could well have been the new heuristic analyzer engine that improved it's detection powers. They also stated that file anti-virus was improved.

Check out section "2.1. What’s new in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0" in the following PDF: http://dnl-eu5.kaspersky-labs.com/do...h/kav6.0en.pdf

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[TrueGreen]

I've been using KAV for many years (with ZA Pro firewall) and recently switched to KIS 7..325. Have never had problems that you describe. When I have had problems with Kaspersky it has usually been because of other programs that were installed or not entirely uninstalled (remnants left). Kaspersky also has a 30 or 60 day trial (full program). There is a learning curve to get used to it. It's online forum is also very helpful in solving user problems. I would recommend it, but that's just one opinion. Again, it's my opinion that it's the only malware program you need to install on your computer (KIS) and it seems like the newer version due to come out will be even better.

[SuperSparks]

Remember that a lot of the threats that get picked up these days are nothing more than tracking cookies. They have a very small impact on your privacy, in that advertising companies can track some of the web sites that you visit, but are otherwise entirely innocuous. Most AV firms are guilty of classing tracking cookies as malware these days, and it can lead to situations like this, where you have an apparently high number of "infections" when in reality you have nothing of the sort.

[TrueGreen]

Keeping in mind with what SuperSparks mentioned, do you have CCleaner installed on your machine?. It's a free utility the removes the "Crap" from your computer including all those cookies.

[SpywareDr]

http://www.ccleaner.com