In A-V Comparatives’ August 2018 real-world protection test, Kaspersky scored a 100 percent detection rate of 193 samples with zero false positives. Kasperksy Internet Security-the lower-tier suite, which has the same detection capabilities as Kaspersky Total Security-scored 100 percent in July and August 2018 in A-V Test’s 0-day and web attacks test, as well as the standard malware test. Kaspersky is recognized as having one of the best detection engines in the business, and the results from testing houses show it. Going beyond these basics of the Kaspersky suite, if you click More tools at the bottom of the primary dashboard you can take a deeper dive into your system. There’s also a controversial mobile communications feature that lets you monitor your kids’ incoming and outgoing phone calls and SMS messages if they own an Android device. From the web app you can monitor a registered device’s location, social network activity, and get real-time alerts for suspicious activity. Once that’s done, clicking on My Kaspersky sends you to a web app to manage multiple devices if they have Kaspersky installed. To control activity on other devices, you have to turn to My Kaspersky, which requires you to register with the My Kaspersky web service. If you restrict web browsing, for example, no one can do an end run around it by browsing in Opera instead of Chrome. Total Security 2019 can now treat all similar apps as one.

Kaspersky’s Parental Control is focused on controlling child accounts on the PC, what they can access, and for how long. A new improvement in Total Security 2019 lets you open a site directly from the notification area. A pop-up then appears offering to open the site in Protected Browser. When it’s active, Safe Money automatically adds bank or payment system sites to its local database as you visit them. This can include everything from logging in to your bank to purchasing something on Amazon. This is Kaspersky’s version of a dedicated, sandboxed browser, called Protected Browser, that separates your online financial activity from the rest of your system. Of all the dashboard features, the one that might cause some confusion is Safe Money. You can do quick and full scans, a selective scan that looks at specific folders, and an external device scan for USB drives. The most important feature is of course Scan, which offers all the various features you’d expect. There are eight basic options Scan, Database Update, Safe Money, Password Manager, Privacy Protection, Backup and Restore, Parental Control, and My Kaspersky.

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