Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations MP5 (builds 5.0.676 - 5.0.712)

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations is designed to provide anti-virus protection for personal computers running Windows OS.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations performs the following functions:

• protection against viruses and malicious computer programs – the application detects and eradicates viruses that attempt to penetrate computers via removable and permanent storage devices, email and Internet protocols. When using the application, the following modes can be used (either jointly or separately): 
• real-time anti-virus protection - performs an anti-virus scan of all objects being run, opened or saved. 
• on-demand scan – performs an anti-virus scan and disinfection of your entire computer or of selected disks, files, or folders. You can launch an on-demand scan manually or set up a regular scheduled scan. 
• recovery from a virus attack – performing a full scan and disinfection using settings recommended by Kaspersky Lab will allow you to eradicate any viruses that have infected your files during a virus attack. 

• scanning and disinfecting of incoming/outgoing email traffic – real-time protection performs an anti-virus scan and disinfection of incoming email messages before they are downloaded to your Inbox, and of outgoing mail. In addition, the application provides on-demand scanning and disinfection of the email databases of various email clients. 
• saving the copies of the messages and of the attached objects before they are disinfected or relocated to the Backup 
• configuring the emails scanning parameters: the user can configure all real-time mail protection settings 
• the capability to determine a common aggregated protection level including real-time mail protection settings 
• interception of the user's mail that use the MicroSoft Outlook mail client is done by an integrated with a mail client MailChecker Outlook Plug-In component that additionally to the general functions of mail scanning fulfills the following tasks: 
• scanning and disinfection in the messages sent and received by the mail client Microsoft Outlook irrespective of the interaction protocol with the mail server;
• scanning and disinfection when opening messages that were in the mailbox before the Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations installation, scanning all files in the MS Outlook folder on user's demand; configuring email scanning parameters from the mail client directly. 
• protection of the user's computer against network attacks – analysis of all data entering the user's computer from the network (either LAN or internet) to determine whether these data is a part of a known internet attack. If an internet attack is detected, the attacking computer can be blocked. Additionally, the program provides for the operation in the stealth (invisible) mode when the user's computer receives data from other computers only when the data exchange with the particular machine has been initiated by the user. 

• updating of the anti-virus database and application modules – your computer's protection is kept current by updating the anti-virus database with information about new viruses, and with methods for disinfecting objects infected with these viruses. Updates are downloaded from Kaspersky Lab's update servers or copied from a local folder in your computer. The present set of anti-virus databases can be rollbacked to the previous set. 

• recommendations on application setup and operation – tips from Kaspersky Lab will guide you while you use Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations and the recommended settings for optimal anti-virus protection.

When infected or possibly infected files are found, if the anti-virus database has been not updated for a critically long time, or your computer has not been scanned for a long time, the main window of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations will recommend a course of action and give a supporting explanation. We have customized our application to achieve optimal performance based on the extensive expertise of Kaspersky Lab in the anti-virus protection business, and on feedback from application users. The recommended anti-virus protection settings are installed as the default application settings. 

• proactive documents protection against macro viruses – Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstation provides real-time control over the executable macros in the documents of the MS Office format, stopping all suspicious actions. It guarantees full protection against any macro viruses, including unknown, leaving no chance to the viruses to damage your computer. 

• virus protection is fully automatized – in case you forget to scan your discs by the antivirus scanner, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstation provides the users with convenient tools of administrating that allow create a flexible schedule and configure the working order of the program's components. 

• quarantine – a special secure storage area where possibly infected objects are placed. You can then disinfect or delete the quarantined objects, restore them to their initial folders or send them to Kaspersky Lab for analysis. Quarantined files are stored using a special format and do not constitute any danger to your computer. 

• reporting – results of all actions performed by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations are documented in reports. A detailed scan report contains statistics of all scanned objects, settings used for each task and the history of actions performed on each individual file. Reports are also generated after updating the anti-virus database and application modules.