User guide

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Mail Anti-Virus (see page 51)
Mail Anti-Virus scans all incoming and outgoing email messages on your computer. It analyzes emails for malicious
programs. The email is available to the addressee only if it does not contain dangerous objects. The component also
analyzes email messages to detect phishing.
Web Anti-Virus (see page 58)
Web Anti-Virus intercepts and blocks scripts on websites if they pose a threat. All HTTP traffic is subject to careful
inspection. The component also analyzes web pages to detect phishing.
IM Anti-Virus (see page 65)
IM Anti-Virus ensures the safe use of Internet pagers. The component protects information that comes to your
computer via IM protocols. IM Anti-Virus ensures safe operation of various applications for instant messaging.
Proactive Defense (see page 68)
Proactive Defense allows to detect a new malicious program before it performs its malicious activity. The component
is designed around monitoring and analyzing the behavior of all applications installed on your computer. Judging by
the actions executed by an application, Kaspersky Anti-Virus makes a decision. Is the application potentially
dangerous? So your computer is protected not only from known viruses, but from new ones as well that still have not
been discovered.
Anti-Phishing
A component, integrated into Web Anti-Virus and IM Anti-Virus, which allows to check web addresses for presence
in the list of phishing and suspicious web addresses.
Some protection components are available in Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 only. Among them:
Application Control
Application Control logs the actions performed by applications in the system, and manages the applications'
activities, based on which group the component assigns them to. A set of rules is defined for each group of
applications. These rules manage applications' access to various resources.
Firewall
Firewall ensures security for your work in local networks and on the Internet. The component filters all network
activities using rules of two types: rules for applications and packet rules.
Proactive Defense
Proactive Defense allows to detect a new malicious program before it performs its malicious activity. The component
is designed around monitoring and analyzing the behavior of all applications installed on your computer. Judging by
the actions executed by an application, Kaspersky Anti-Virus makes a decision: is the application potentially
dangerous or not. So your computer is protected not only from known viruses, but from new ones as well that still
have not been discovered.
Network Attack Blocker
The Network Attack Blocker loads at the operating system startup, and tracks incoming network traffic for activities
characteristic of network attacks. Once an attempt of attacking the computer is detected, Kaspersky Anti-Virus
blocks any network activity of the attacking computer towards your computer.
Anti-Spam
Anti-Spam integrates into the mail client installed on your computer, and monitors all incoming email messages for
spam. All messages containing spam are marked with a special header. The option of configuring Anti-Spam for
spam processing (deleting automatically, moving to a special folder, etc.) is also provided. The component also
analyzes email messages to detect phishing.