But the audio portion of their webcam protection must be manually managed through Kaspersky's Application Control feature by contrast, Bitdefender's webcam protection does this automatically. The two-way firewall in Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Total Security lets you create separate rules for different networking hardware. Mac users get an extension for Safari as well. Kaspersky 2021: Security and privacy featuresĮach Kaspersky Windows antivirus product has browser extensions for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer to safeguard data typed into websites, warn of phishing attempts and block pop-up ads.
Trend Micro, which consistently does well on the AV-Test and AV-Comparatives tests, let through two pieces of malware to infect the system Sophos let through a whopping eight. Norton detected 100% of malware but neutralized rather than blocked 1%. In the October-December 2020 SE Labs round, McAfee also got a perfect score, offsetting a couple of less-than-stellar results earlier in the year. That wasn't a problem for Kaspersky, which got perfect 100% scores in each of SE Labs' quarterly rounds of tests in 2020, the only antivirus brand to do so.
London-based SE Labs digs a bit deeper, checking whether antivirus software blocks malware from being installed or merely neutralizes it after installation, and scoring accordingly. Trend Micro had a perfect 100% detection rate but at a cost of a whopping 63 false positives. In evaluations conducted between July and October 2020 by the Austrian lab AV-Comparatives, Kaspersky was 99.7% effective against "real-world" malware (a mix of new and old malware found online) with two false positives.īitdefender had a 99.6% percent score and four false positives. Only Norton beat that record, with a single miss on zero-day malware, but Norton tended to have more false positives. Since January 2017, it has failed to detect 100% of zero-day malware only twice and has never missed any widespread malware. Overall, Kaspersky's track record in AV-Test's monthly evaluations is exemplary. Latest test results as of January 2021 Malware detection rates The program's Application Control lets you choose which programs to allow. If you don't want your system uploading data to Kaspersky, you can opt out while installing the software or in the program's settings.Īll Kaspersky paid apps defend Windows' Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) from bootkit malware and also guard against fileless attacks. New malware definitions are sent to the company's 400 million users several times per day. When a Kaspersky program finds something new and potentially dangerous, the item is uploaded to the Kaspersky Security Network lab for assessment. Although Kaspersky's headquarters are still in Moscow, it has moved some online infrastructure to Switzerland. None of the claims have been proven and we have yet to see convincing evidence of backdoors or intentional security holes in Kaspersky products.
For phones and tablets, the apps can protect devices with Android 4.4 KitKat or iOS Version 12 or higher.Īllegations that Kaspersky is an arm of the Russian intelligence services have quieted since 2018.
Kaspersky software works with Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 and later or macOS 10.14 Mojave and newer.
However, only five of them can have unlimited password managers. It has an unlimited password manager and ups the VPN data to 500MB per day.įinally, Kaspersky Security Cloud Family adds parental controls, covers up to 10 devices and lets 10 family members have their own Kaspersky accounts. It warns of new devices added to a home network and monitors email addresses for involvement in data breaches. Kaspersky Security Cloud Personal covers three PCs, Macs or Android or iOS devices for $90 per year or five devices for $100, but all must be linked to a single Kaspersky online account.
Kaspersky Security Cloud Free (also reviewed separately) replaces and improves upon the old Kaspersky Free Antivirus. We think it's the best free antivirus program you can use. Overall, its features are not too different from those of Kaspersky Total Security, but Security Cloud may appeal to individuals or families with multiple devices. Kaspersky Security Cloud is a server-based option that mates regular antivirus protection with online privacy protections. For unlimited VPN data, you'll have to pay an extra $30 per year (inexpensive compared to stand-alone VPN services). Most of Kaspersky's antivirus products limit use of the company's Secure Connection VPN service to 300MB a day.