44 Kaspersky
Anti-Virus
®
5.0 for Windows Workstations
Question: What's new in version 5.0?
The 5.0 Kaspersky Lab's range of products includes new updating ser-
vice which was developed in accordance with the requests of our users
and the market demands. Additionally, it was done in order to increase
flexibility of the entire updating procedure, starting with the updates
preparation at Kaspersky Lab through updating the files at the user's
computer.
The advantages of the new updating service are as follows:
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Existing downloads are saved when the connection fails.
Now
you will not have to download updates that have been already
downloaded, when you lose and restore your internet connec-
tion;
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A 50% reduction in the size of the cumulative update.
The cu-
mulative update contains the entire anti-virus database and is
considerably larger than a regular update. The new service util-
izes a special technology that allows to use the existing anti-
virus database in the cumulative update process.
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Faster internet downloads.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus now selects a
Kaspersky Lab update server located in your region. Besides,
the load to the server is now distributed based on the server
speed, which means that you will not be directed to an over-
loaded server while other servers will be idle.
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The use of black list of license keys.
This allows to prohibit up-
dates to users who do not have Kaspersky Anti-Virus license.
Licensed users will not then suffer delays due to overloaded
update servers.
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For corporate products a possibility to arrange a local update
server has been implemented.
This function is required for or-
ganizations that have several computers connected to one local
network and protected with Kaspersky Anti-Virus software. In
this case, any computer in the LAN may turned into the update
server that will receive updates from the internet, place them
into a local folder and allow access to this folder for other com-
puters connected to this local network.
Question: Is it possible for an intruder to replace the anti-virus data-
base?
Every anti-virus database has a unique signature checked by
Kaspersky Anti-Virus when accessing the database. If the signature is