Independent Assessments
The anti-virus software testing group AV-Comparatives gave the Windows XP version of Kaspersky AV an "Advanced+" rating (its highest) in both its February 2008 on-demand detection test (with the fourth highest detection rate among 16 products tested). However, in the Retrospective/Proactive Test May 2008, Kaspersky received the "Standard" rating, detecting 21% of new malware with 1-month old signatures and receiving a substantial amount of false positives.
The firewall included in Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 got a "Very Good" rating in Matousec's Firewall challenge, with a result of 85%. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 has achieved a 6.5 result out of 8 in the Anti Malware Labs rootkit detection test. It has also achieved a 31 out of 33 detection of polymorphic viruses and a 97% result in the self-protection test. In 2007, Kaspersky Internet Security 7 received an award from the British magazine PC Pro and also won a place in its "A List".
In addition, Kaspersky has passed most of Virus Bulletin comparative tests since August 2003 (failing only 8 of 54 tests). According to PC World magazine, Kaspersky anti-virus software provides the fastest updates for new virus and security threats in the industry. In the December of 2011 version of AV-Comparatives' annual reports, Kaspersky Lab's software has achieved highest overall ranking and has earned the AV Comparatives' "Product of the Year" award for the year of 2011.
In PC World magazine’s March 2010 comparison of consumer security suites, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 scored 4.5/5 stars, and was rated second overall.
On 1st February 2012, the Kaspersky Internet Security has earned "AV-TEST AWARD FOR BEST REPAIR 2011" award in the field of home user products from AV-TEST Institute. On 28th January 2013, the Kaspersky Endpoint Security has earned "AV-TEST AWARD FOR BEST PROTECTION 2012" and "AV-TEST AWARD FOR BEST REPAIR 2012" awards in the field of corporate products from AV-TEST Institute.
Kaspersky has also received certification of their products through the OESIS OK Certification Program, which verifies that the applications are interoperable with third-party technology solutions like NAC and SSL VPN products from Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, F5 Networks, and others.
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