One of the most infamous quotes of all time came from Donald Rumsfeld, when he said:

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know."

To protect yourself against the worst scum of the universe, those known unknowns - malicious viruses that scale your firewall and infect your computer, there is only one solution: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009!

Kaspersky Anti-Virus protects your computer against known and unknown threats, and against unwanted data. Each type of threat is processed by a separate application component. This makes setup flexible, with easy configuration options for all components, which can be tailored to the needs of a specific user.

Security Features

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 has a large number of excellent features.

• It monitors system activities by user applications, and this prevents any dangerous actions by any application.
• It provides real-time protection of all data transfer, allowing you to transfer files with confidence.
• Specialised Online Security provides protection against phishing and other attacks.
• You can set up virus scan tasks which will scan individual files, folders, drives, specified areas, or even the entire computer for viruses. In addition to this individual scan tasks can set up to detect vulnerabilities in installed user applications.
• Online update ensures that you always have the most up-to-date software for both the application’s modules and the databases used to detect malicious programs, hacker attacks and spam messages.

Helpful Wizards and Tools

To make it much easier for the user, the antivirus firewall software has excellent wizards and tools:

• Security Analyzer performs computer diagnostics, keeping track of and combating vulnerabilities in the operating system and in user programs installed on the computer.
• Browser Configuration Wizard analyses the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser settings, making sure that you're always secure when you're online.
• System Restore wizard eliminates all traces of malware attacks on the system.
• Rescue Disk wizard successfully restores system functionality if a virus attack has damaged files.

Blocking Malware and Viruses

Kaspersky Anti-Virus software detects thousands of malware programs that may try to attack your computer. Some of these programs are potentially a constant threat to your computer, while others can often dangerous but only in certain conditions. as soon as the antivirus software detects a malware application, it classifies it and assigns it a danger level. The higher the level, the more immediate the response required.

Malicious programs (“malware”) are designed with the purpose of causing harm to computers and their users: to steal, block, modify or erase information, and even to disrupt the operation of computers or computer networks.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 is setup to nullify these threats, and is the best defence against email, net, P2P, IM, and IRC worms; Trojans, Archive Bombs, Backdoor exploits, password stealers, flooders, and thousands of other threats that could be trying to infest your computer right now!

Using Kaspersky on your computer

The first time you open Kaspersky Anti-Virus, it will automatically perform a Quick Scan on your computer. This searches for and neutralizes harmful programs in the objects which are loaded when the operating system starts. However, Kaspersky Lab's specialists also recommend that you perform the Full Scan.

Performing a Full Scan is quite simple.

1.  Open the main application window.
2.  In the left-hand part of the window select the Scan (Full scan, Quick scan) section.
3.  Click the Start scan button to start the scan. This may take a number of minutes depending on your computer.

Warning Notifications

If something harmful does try to attack or infiltrate your defences, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 will immediately notify you, and suggest how to deal with the threat. There are two types of alerts:

• Alert. A critical event has occurred; for instance, a virus or dangerous activity has been detected on your system. You should immediately decide how to deal with this threat. This type of notification is in red.
• Warning! A potentially dangerous event has occurred. For instance, potentially infected files or suspicious activity has been detected on your system. You must instruct the program depending on how dangerous you think this event is. This type of notification is in yellow.

Remember, you'll only receive these alerts if you have Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 software installed. If not, your computer could be under attack this very minute!

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