Kaspersky 2011 product line unveiled

IT.Telecom Report

Kaspersky Lab, one of the global leaders in security solution software, on Sunday introduced its 2011 edition of the home user products to Bangladesh's ICT business community at a gala ceremony in city's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Faruk Khan, commerce minister graced the occasion as the chief guest. M Zabitov, charge d' affairs of Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bangladesh was present as the special guest, while Suk Ling Gun, managing director of Kaspersky Lab, South Asia was the keynote speaker. Styled 'Towards a Safe Digital Bangladesh', the event envisioned Kaspersky Lab's participation in the safety of a 'Digital Bangladesh'. The commerce minister in his speech praised the effectiveness of Kaspersky security software in Bangladesh and greeted its distributor Officextracts for popularising the concept of using legal software in the local market. Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 will provide real-time proactive protection constantly monitoring the system to detect any type of potential threats and prevent any destructive activity. With Kaspersky Lab's new products, users have everything they need to stay safe and secure while they surf the internet. The solutions provide reliable isolation of untrusted internet resources, giving the user full reassurance that their digital environment is clean, safe and free from digital threats and unwanted intrusion. The newly-implemented System Watcher technology monitors all system events in full creation and modification of files, system calls and changes to the system registry. The new solutions incorporate reputation rating services. That means information about a known object is received in real-time without the need for it to be scanned locally. The information is sourced from Kaspersky Lab's databases that are constantly updated by the Company's experts. Both products include improved proactive protection from new, as yet unknown threats based on scanning for typical threat symptoms. Importantly, all the main modules are updateable, which means that should completely new types of threats emerge, the products' features can be updated without having to reinstall the solution from scratch. Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 contains a significantly improved Parental Control module that restricts a child's access to social networking sites, instant messaging (ICQ, MSN) and specific programs on the computer. It can also control the downloading of files and the transfer of personal data. According to market statistics, Kaspersky is the fourth popular brand name in the world and most popular household name in Bangladesh in anti-virus market. Kaspersky Lab and Officextracts jointly hosted the launching event.