Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations MP2 (version 6.0.2.678, 6.0.2.690

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	Working peculiarities of Mail Dispatcher from the Anti-Spam component Will the integration of alternative browsers such as Opera 8.x and Firefox 1.x be available in Kaspersky Lab products versions 6.0/7.0/2009? Incoming and outgoing Internet traffic has sharply increased after Kaspersky Lab product has been installed. How can I rectify the problem?

Kaspersky Anti-Virus beginning from version 6.0.1.411 and higher has a new functionality - SSL protocol which checks network traffic for viruses.

SSL Protocol (Secure Socket Layer) allows detecting the server authenticity via browser and also provides encrypted “personal” connection channel between user computer and the server. This protocol is widely used both for web-servers and mail servers. Gmail is a vivid example of such mail server.

SSL connection protects data exchange channel in the Internet. The SSL protocol allows identifying the sides which exchange data based on electronic certificates, encrypts the transferred data and provides data integrity when transferring.

These protocol peculiarities are often misused by cyber-criminals to spread Malware as most anti-virus products do not check SSL-traffic.

Kaspersky Labs experts recommend checking SSL-traffic if you are on a suspicious web-resource and when you navigate to another page data transfer by SSL-connection starts. Most probably a malicious program is being transferred by the encrypted protocol.

To check encrypted connection Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0 substitutes the required security certificate by the self-signed certificate.

Sometimes the programs that establish connection refuse accepting this self-signed certificate and as a result do not establish connection. Kaspersky Labs experts recommend disable check of SSL-traffic:

• when connecting to trusted web-resource, for example with the web-page of your bank on which you manage your personal account. In this case it is important to get authenticity confirmation of the bank certificate. 
• if the program which establishes connection checks the certificate of the required web-resource without dialog with the user. For example, the program MSN Messenger when establishing secure connection with the server, checks authenticity of the Microsoft Corporation digital signature.

For Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0 to scan encrypted connections on your computer, do the following: 

• Open the main application window of Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0 
• Go to Settings > Service > Network settings 
• In the right part of the Settings window in the Encrypted connections section check Prompt user when a new encrypted connection is detected. When the option is enabled a pop-up window is displayed confirming the connection check. 

• or choose Check all encrypted connections (in this case all encrypted connections are checked) 



• click OK
• minimize the main application window of Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0

The dialog windows of Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 MP1 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations are the same but with corresponding product names and the number of Protection components.