Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 is the anti-virus product that causes the least disruption when used with Windows Vista, according to Virus Bulletin, an international publication on computer virology.
Virus Bulletin published a comparative review of Windows Vista-compatible anti-virus solutions for home users and, in addition to malicious program detection-rates, examined the effect of various anti-virus products on overall system performance.
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 scored highest when measuring how much a system was slowed by the scanning of executable and system files, archives, media files and documents when the products were configured with default settings.
When scanning archives on-access with default product settings, the slow-down caused by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 was just 0.656 of a second. With the same default settings, the slow-down was 16.39 seconds for executable and system files, and 5.234 seconds for media files and documents. All scanning results for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 were significantly better than those of other anti-virus products.
Minimal delay caused by on-access scanning is imperative to ensure acceptable usability and efficiency, while minimising user frustration. The publication says from the user's point of view, on-access scanning speed is more important than on-demand scanning speed. On-demand scans can be run at off-peak times, while on-access slow-down affects users at all times."
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