Awards

December 2011

The award is based on the findings of nine different comparative tests of consumer anti-virus solutions conducted over the year, which in Kaspersky Lab’s case means two products - Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security.

November 2011

Kaspersky Lab announces that Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 has received „Antivirus of the Year 2012” award from the Polish edition of PC World magazine.

November 2011

Kaspersky Lab announces that Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Windows has been awarded the prestigious VB100 accolade from the authoritative British magazine Virus Bulletin.

October 2011

Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 has been awarded five stars – the highest number possible – in testing carried out by the prestigious Spanish magazine PC World. In granting the award, PC World highlighted “the power of collective intelligence stored in the cloud” referring to the Kaspersky Security Network feature, a collaborative approach to early identification of new threats and software identified as unsafe. It also praised the software’s new user-friendly interface, URL Filter, File Advisor, Anti-Spam and Parental Control features, and advanced Task Manager. Last but not least, Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 achieved the highest malware detection level - better than all the other programs in the testing, sealing the fate of the software as being judged simply the best of the breed.

October 2011

Kaspersky Internet Security Special Ferrari Edition has achieved top marks in testing conducted by the prestigious Spanish magazine Revista Oficial de Windows (Official Windows Magazine). In presenting the award, the publication mentioned that it was impressed most by the product offering a complete solution, while doing its job without restricting users’ activities or requiring valuable time and resources on maintaining the product’s performance. The special edition also includes the Ferrari Virtual Academy video simulator.

July 2011

Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security has received a Best Product of the Year award from the Spanish magazine Data.ti. Readers of Data.ti – mostly IT managers – were asked to vote for the products they consider most valuable in 14 different categories. Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security participated in the security section, receiving 17.4% of the votes, followed by Panda (16.9%) and McAfee (14.9%). With a total of 10 products nominated, the magazine highlights the merit of winning in the security category. Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security came out on top for characteristics such as “antivirus that blocks all malware and protection for mail servers, computers, files and mobile devices”.

June 2011

Kaspersky PURE has received an award from Spanish magazine PC Actual following testing by its experts. The magazine presented Kaspersky PURE with the Recommended Product seal of approval for its readers with a score of 9.5/10 for value and 8.5/10 for price. The virtual keyboard and backup features were singled out for particular praise. Testing by the magazine’s experts highlighted the “versatility” and “integration” of Kaspersky PURE as its outstanding features.

July 2011

Kaspersky Lab announces that Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 (to be released 08/2011) achieved a near-perfect result in testing by German consumer magazine com! - Das Computer Magazin

March 2011

Kaspersky Lab’s home security solution Kaspersky PURE received an overall grade of Excellent in stand-alone testing carried out by the authoritative German trade journal ”Computer – das Magazin für die Praxis,“ as reported in their March, 2011 edition.

The magazine’s experts were impressed by the comprehensive range of protection offered by the solution, which protects Internet users from malware and all the latest web-based attacks, and in particular with the backup module, parental control facility and data encryption possibilities. The experts’ conclusion: “With this software you really get everything you need for your computer’s protection in a single program.”

February 2011

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 has been awarded the title ‘Super Product’ by the popular Polish computer technology Internet portal benchmark.pl. Kaspersky Lab’s solution earned the highest possible mark in testing – the only product of those tested to do so. Experts from benchmark.pl analysed 10 of the most popular IT security software packages available on the Polish market. Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 was the only one to receive five stars out of a possible five, winning it the title ‘Super Product’.

February 2011

Authoritative French IT magazine Micro Hebdo has declared Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 the number one security software suite. Micro Hebdo tested fifteen popular security suites and each was benchmarked against a total of 147 different criteria. During testing, Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 demonstrated its strengths in the following areas: virtual keyboard, web filtration by category, proactive defense using cloud-based reputation services, firewall/IDS, parental control and anti-spam capabilities.

December 2010

Kaspersky Lab’s products have taken two awards in PC World Magazine’s Product of the Year poll in Poland. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 swept to victory in the ’Anti-Virus Programs’ category and Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 led the field in the ‘Security Suites’ category. Both Kaspersky Lab solutions finished well ahead of the other nine contenders, and were the magazine editors’ first choice in each category too.

March 2010

Kaspersky Lab announces that it was awarded 2009 ICT Best Choice by the Institute for Information Industry (III) – No 1 in the corporate user antivirus category in information security sector in Taiwan.

February 2010

Kaspersky Lab announces that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 has earned a top award from AV-Comparatives following analysis by the highly respected Austrian test lab. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 received a rating of Advanced +, having demonstrated a high detection level and a negligible amount of false positives.

February 2010

Kaspersky Lab has been named one of the top 10 'Power Brands' by PC.COM, the popular Malaysian IT magazine. It was also voted 'Best Antivirus Solution' by readers of the magazine.

February 2010

Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 achieved excellent results in a test by the popular French magazine l’Ordinateur Individuel. Kaspersky achieved a score of 16/20, achieving first place in the testing ahead of 9 competitors. Kaspersky Internet Security was the only solution to be given the title "advised by l’Ordinateur Individuel".

January 2010

French publication PC Achat has named Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 as their 'Product of the Year' for the second time, making specific mention of the innovative new technologies inside Kaspersky Internet Security 2010.