How To Master New Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 ?

[TechyGuy]

Here are some steps to master new features in Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and push the protection of your PC to its maximum level. It is also a good opportunity to discover new protections Kaspersky 2009.


Overview

Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is the new version of security suite from Kaspersky. It includes:

• A antimalware (antivirus, antispyware, antitrojan, AntiDialer, antirootkit, antibotnet, antikeylogger, etc.).
• A proactive defense against unknown threats
• A shield that isolates the rest of the system applications "unrecognized sound"
• A shield against identity theft and data
• Protection against phishing and against malicious sites
• A two-way firewall with intrusion prevention system
• An excellent integrated antispam
• A banner blocker dangerous scripts and dangerous
• A parental control system integrated
• A function to repair the system and system settings after infection
• A generation function CD Cleaning
• A mechanism for detecting flaws and applications that require updates

Warning:

- If you have a license still active KIS 7, it also applies to KIS 2009 for the remainder.

- If you want to discover KIS 2009, you can download the evaluation version for 30 days.

[TechyGuy]

Step 1: The system repair

KIS 2009 is a leading security tools to not only eradicate threats but also ensure repair the damage caused by threats already installed. Indeed, many viruses and Trojans affect the system by disabling access to task manager or network manager, or disable access to panel, or by bypassing or inhibiting certain system functions.

KIS 2009 can analyze the system and repair any corruptions caused by malware:

• In the Protection section, click Antivirus
  
• Then click on System Restore
  
• A wizard appears. Click Start Analysis.
  
• After analysis, the software displays a list of actions that should be run to eliminate corruption and strengthen the security of the system. This list includes three main sections:
  • The actions strongly recommended: check all the boxes in this section!
  • Recommended actions: again, check all the boxes in this section!
  • The actions complementary: in theory, there is no need to tick the boxes in this section unless you want to further strengthen the security of your computer (for example, by disabling the auto-run CD/DVD).
• Click Fix now automatically correct for the selected items.

Note: It is always recommended to start the wizard after all scan of the computer led to the discovery of anomalies in order to ensure that problems caused by threats detected were deleted.

[TechyGuy]

Step 2: The disc troubleshooting

Very useful to clean a computer from home or a friend, the generation function of a CD repair is one of the more significant tools Kaspersky. Already present in the previous edition (KAV / KIS 7), it has been further improved. It allows you to create a CD to date, on which he can then start to clean in-depth PC and eliminate the threats it contains.

Here is how to generate such a CD cleaning:

• Find and keep to hand a CD of Windows XP (you'll really need it)
• First, download and install PE-BUILDER.
• In KIS 2009, open the Protection section and click Antivirus
• Click on the icon Disk Troubleshooting
• A wizard opens. Click Create Disk
• Click Next.
• Insert the CD-ROM in the Windows XP CD
• Click the 1st Browse button and select the location where PE-Builder has been unpacked
• Click the 2nd Browse button and select the location that will store the files that form the future CD troubleshooting (e.g. KISREPARECD a folder on an external disk)
• Click the 3rd Browse button and designate the location of the drive containing the XP CD
• Click Next
• KIS will then, in a first time, launch PE-Builder to generate a CD autoboot, then copy the files needed to implement the CD troubleshooting
• Select Create a new ISO file, click Browse and enter a location and a name for the ISO image from CD troubleshooting (e.g. C:\KisCDReparation.iso). Click Next
• The generation of the ISO file takes less than 2 minutes
• You can directly burn the troubleshooting disc:
  • Insert a blank disc into the drive
  • Select Save disk now
  • Select the drive in the pop-up menu
  • Click Next to start writing
• Click Finish

The sequence of operations takes place on the PC clean. Go to the PC repair, insert the CD into the drive, set the BIOS to boot priority to CD, and boot the PC from the CD. Once the environment starts, click GO, then Programs, then Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and then click Start. If your PC is connected in a network, the CD will look for any updates to the databases of signatures. Click Analyze, check the hard drives of the PC and click Start Analysis. The PC will be fully analyzed in depth for several hours and cleaned of any infection, including possible rootkits and botnets.

[TechyGuy]

Step 3: Fault Analyzer

Contrary to popular belief, unfortunately, widely distributed, most infections are outside the system through loopholes in the system. It is a long time ago when Windows was a little safe! XP/SP2 and now with Vista, most cyber-attacks criminal entering the PC is because of incorrectly configured settings by the user, either through the loopholes of the software installed by the user.

KIS 2009 has therefore introduced new protections seeking vulnerabilities in the applications, as well as discrepancies in the parameters of the operating system and browser.

To access the wizard to analyze the security of your configuration, proceed as follows:

• In the Protection section, click on Control Applications
  
• Click on the icon Security Analysis
  
• A wizard opens and offers you to choose between two modes of analysis:
  • The Rapid Analysis carries out a search for anomalies in the system settings. This quick procedure, usually between one and two minutes.
  • The Full Analysis performs the same analysis that the fast version but adds an analysis of the vulnerability of applications and search the indices of the presence of tools of concealment activity or keyloggers, data collection processes, services, drivers, etc..
    
    The complete analysis rarely goes beyond 5 minutes.
• Click Full Analysis
  
• In a first step, the wizard displays the list of vulnerable applications, with the known solution and the level of risk. Follow the solutions for each application one by one.
  
• In a second step, the wizard performs a System Analysis that produces a list of suggested corrections classified into 3 categories: Strongly Recommended Actions, Recommended Actions and Complementary Actions. Only events in the first category require an immediate and essential. The other two categories are much less critical.
  
• Check the actions that you find useful and click Apply.

[TechyGuy]

Step 4: Network monitoring

The cyber-attacks are a crime technically more advanced. They conceal their activity by grafting in applications (judged as healthy by the virus) or via hiding rootkits.

The monitoring center network KIS 2009 is very useful to detect abnormal activities. Not only does it list all applications that use the Internet indicating the ports used, but it also indicates the rules to circumvent the firewall active and details of network traffic.

• In the Protection section, click on Control Applications
  
• Click on the icon Network monitoring
  
• The Traffic Network tab is probably the most instructive. For each application, it indicates the quantity of inbound and outbound traffic achieved. This gives a very clear idea of your network, but also very easy to detect applications that abnormal trafficking and have been diverted from their normal use.
  
• In the Connections and ports tab, see the list of applications currently connected to the Internet. If an application appears when it should not, perhaps it is hijacked by malicious code or driven by criminals ... Expert users will also contacted to IP addresses, ports open and the meaning of the connection to determine the possible presence of a spy.
  
• In the Firewall tab, you can not only watch what was allowed or blocked by the firewall, but also check the rules used by the firewall, which allows to verify that they are still consistent.

Note: The more advanced users can combine the information in "Connecting and ports" with the analysis network packets tool (accessible from the screen Content Filtering section of Protection). This tool, which intercepts all packets sent over the network, allows an expert to study and analyze network activity.

[TechyGuy]

Step 5: Ban intruders questionable behavior and discover the virtual keyboard

KIS has a brand new module "Online Protection" that defends your privacy and protects you from phishing and systems for recording keystrokes.

Unlike other suites, this module does not filter information outgoing but prevents you from connecting to sites deemed risky or dangerous, provides intrusion prevention and especially provides a true "Keyboard" which allows a high input of information -confidential passwords or credit card numbers without risk that the information captured by a keylogger or other malicious code.

To access the virtual keyboard:

• Click on Privacy Policy in the Protection section
• Click the Keyboard icon to display the keyboard anti-espionage

In our view, the most interesting feature of this module is the function of preventing intrusions. This module analyzes the behavior of all computers that talk with your machine. Any abnormal behavior is treated as an attempted intrusion and the IP address of the corresponding reaction "is temporarily banned.

By default, the ban is only one hour. Better yet more protective!

To enhance your protection:

• Click on Privacy Policy in the Protection section
• Locate the module Intrusion Prevention
• Click on the link Total X (where X is the number of intruders detected)
• The program displays the list of blocked computers
• Make sure the checkbox "Add the computer to the origin of the attack ..." is checked
• Can change the duration for up to 360 minutes (6 hours).

[TechyGuy]

Step 6: Better fight against bad banners

In recent months, it is to multiply - everywhere - banners infectious. Cybercriminals attacking sites that host the banners advertising disseminated by most sites. The banners are then modified to become vehicles for the spread of trojans and spyware.

KIS 2009 has a shield that prevents the display of banners or from hazardous sites had been attacked. This prevents the user can commit the irreparable by clicking on it. Protection can be controlled by adding your own exclusions, or your own permissions.

It can also be enhanced by activating the heuristics, disabled by default because it might slow down your browsing slightly or totally block banners innoffensives. As the advertising banners are often very useful for Web browsing, please enable this option.

• In the Protection section, click Content Filtering
  
• Locate the module so Anti-Banner
  
• Click the X (Total X) (where "X" is the number of banners blocked)
  
• Check Use heuristic scanning. This enables the identification of banners whose address does not match the addresses of the standard list. KIS will analyze the images loaded to see if they contain specific signs and banners to block.

Remark: If, on a site that you visit frequently, heuristics block images or menus that have nothing to do with a banner, make sure to save this site in the "White List", go to the module "Anti-Banner", open the "White List" and click "Add".

[TechyGuy]

Step 7: Remove traces of activity

Even after the applications closed, your computer and your hard drive still contains traces of your activities, which are all traces of information of interest to malicious individuals (list of visited websites, opened files, cookies, etc.)..

KIS 2009 offers a step by step wizard that helps you clean these traces.

• In the Protection section, click Content Filtering
  
• Click on Remove traces of activity
  
• The wizard opens. Click Start search.
  
• KIS displays a list of actions, grouped into 2 categories:
  • Recommended actions: useful to enhance your safety
  • The complementary actions: Useful to remove further traces rather harmless
• Check the actions that are relevant
  
• Click on Delete traces.

[TechyGuy]

Step 8: Follow the viral activity in the world

Security is also a question of information and knowledge. On the premise that a user is forearmed, he is aware of the dangers of the moment, is already reducing the risk of being infected.

For several years, Kaspersky has built its reputation on the frequency of updates of the signatures. More than once per hour, the foundation of your antivirus KIS / KAV is updated. That of your KIS antispam east every twenty minutes.

To be fully informed of the most recent and most active, Kaspersky has developed the "Virus Watch". It displays a lively and graphic, while a set of tables and statistics very helpful.

• Open the Updates section
  
• Click on the link Tracking virus activity
  
• The browser opens on the monitors of the site "Virus Watch"
  
  Virus Watch site is composed of multiple panels that change over time. Check the site for at least a minute to take advantage of all the statistics and see all the signs down. You'll find:
  • Time updates signatures (Updates Released)
  • The statistics updates (Updates Statistics)
  • The latest malware detected (Latest Virus)
  • A graphical view of the number of signatures in each update (Signatures in Last Updates)
  • A graphical view of the distribution types of malware (Malware by type)
  • A graphical view of the number of virus and spam received at Kaspersky (Maiboxes Analyst)
  • A list of the most active malware at this time (ITW Viruses Top 10)

As you can see, Kaspersky has nothing to hide and reveal real-time activity of the Security Center.

[TechyGuy]

Step 9: All of the known viral activity of your PC

Knowing that one is attacked is in itself a security. KIS 2009 offers two logging mechanisms for more information on your PC and on the activity of the security suite.

URGENT ACTION:

• On the main screen, click the Threats detected in the bottom of the window.
• Open the Threats detected tab
• From the dropdown menu, select Active Threats
• You then get a list of actions / threats awaiting treatment
• Click the right button on each activity for more

UNDERSTANDING AND ACTION

• On the main screen, click the Threats detected in the bottom of the window.
• Open the Threats detected tab
• From the dropdown menu, select All threats detected
• You then get the list of threats faced by your PC date and provenance. You can take any additional measures to avoid such threats in the future.

OVERVIEW

• On the main screen, click the Threats detected in the bottom of the window.
• Open the Statistics tab
• KIS then displays a summary of its activities since its inception, both in the form of data and in graphical form.

NEWSPAPERS

All activities of the following is recorded in newspapers of activity that more advanced users will not fail to consult regularly to identify any abnormal behavior.

• On the main screen, click the button Newspapers at the bottom of the window.
• Three pop-up menus allow you to adjust the display:
  • The first filter in a certain category of events (updates, modules, etc)
  • The second indicates the type of reunion you want (by task, by application, by outcome, etc.).
  • The third filter depending on the severity of events (Critical, Important, All).

[TechyGuy]

Step 10: Change advanced settings to strengthen security

The homepage of the software has a button [Setup], which lets you adjust all sorts of advanced settings to further enhance the sensitivity of coverage.

Strengthening the antivirus protection

• Click on Settings in the home screen
• Select Antivirus under the Protection tree
• In the "Antivirus File", click Setup
• Go to the Performance tab
• Check Heuristic Analysis and place the cursor on "Medium"

Change the level of access to programs

• Click on Settings in the home screen
• Select Control applications under the Protection tree
• By default, KIS grants all rights to trusted applications (those that know), prohibits any access to applications identified as malicious (although it is known) and rights of access to limited applications that he does not know. You can adjust the level of trust for each application on this PC.

Change quick analysis

• Click on Settings in the home screen
• Select Quick Analysis under the Analysis tree
• Click Settings tab and open the Action Zones
• Check "Only scan new files and changed files"
• Open the Advanced tab
• Check "Heuristic analysis" and move the slider to "Thorough"
• Check "Search for vulnerabilities ..."
• Check "Search tools concealment ..."
• Check the "Analysis"
• Opens the Mode of execution tab
• Select "According to the programming"
• Select "Days" in the menu
• Select "Every 1 day (s)"
• Check the "Time" and schedule a practice for hours (eg 7:00 am)
• Confirm with OK

Other parameters to check and adjust

• Click on Settings in the tree
• Make sure the checkbox "Enable Autocheck" is checked
• Click on Threats and exclusions under the Settings tree
• Make sure all boxes are checked, including the box "Other" (unchecked by default)

[mkwatis]

@TechyGuy;
Really appreiate on how you deal with kaspersky product for me it hardly disturb for being BLACKLISTED how to overcome this permanently/or any trial reset for this?

[Kat317]

I have Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and I don't have Antivirus listed under the Protection section, can't find Fault Analyzer or control applications in the protection section either (or anywhere else). Are there 2 different versions of the 2009 Kaspersky Internet Security? Anti-Malware, System Security, Online Security and Content Filtering are listed under Protection. Choosing Anti-Malware and running
System Restore doesn't show a list with the three main sections that your post shows - it just shows a list of "threats" with no choices for action. Kaspersky has detected several vulnerabilities that are "very dangerous" but I have no idea what I need to do here. Thanks for any help/advice/suggestions.
Kat317

[Dharmesh Arora]

If you get any BSODs related to your Kaspersky Internet Security, then reinstall it, and check if there is an application update available for it. If your are unable to resolve your above issue, the its highly recommended that you need to contact Kaspersky Lab for technical support. If you want you can check out the following link. As, Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is state of art security suite that offer latest internet security platform for protection of home users against all types of data-related threats and blocks all known malware types or threats, proactively defense against new threats of any type with behavior emulation in isolated virtual environment for unknown applications and restriction of their access to system resources.