Review by D. Chou

The Kaspersky Pure was installed on our guest room PC with Windows XP in July 2011. It replaced the Bit Defender Total Security that was starting to bog down the system with slow updates. To me, the best internet protection suites are the ones that work silently in the background, doesn’t cause conflicts with other programs, and updates quietly and efficiently as scheduled. The Kaspersky Pure (KP) achieved that and even threw in some extra protection. In addition to real-time protection against viruses, malwares, and spywares; small, frequent updates + Cloud based updates; Two-Way firewall, Anti-phishing, etc., KP also provides Control Center management of all PC’s in the home network, remote management of parental controls, etc. Especially helpful to consumers are the Password Manager, scheduled, Automatic data backup, Encrypted data vaults, and File shredder that effectively wipes deleted files off one’s system permanently (non-retrievable).

Overall: so far no problems after four months. We still warn visiting friends and relatives using the guest room computer to be careful about suspicious emails, questionable websites, clicking on unknown pop-ups, etc. A computer is only as safe as the common sense and precautionary measures the user utilizes! Don’t do anything stupid online even with a good internet protection suite like KP.