Kaspersky Certified for Windows Vista - Poor Performance on XP

Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 is just one of the latest security solutions to be added to the list of the products certified by US laboratory ICSA Labs. Microsoft has referred to ICSA as a top independent certification authority in the security industry when it received certification for Windows Live OneCare 1.5. Kaspersky's certification comes on the heels of the failed VB100 test with Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0.2.621 on Windows XP.

Kaspersky has been shy about addressing the negative vote delivered by the Virus Magazine for Windows XP; however, the Russian security developer failed to show the same restraint in relation to the ICSA certification for Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 running on top of Windows Vista.

"Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces that Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 has been certified under both Desktop/Server Anti-Virus Detection and Anti-Virus Cleaning Criteria for Microsoft Windows Vista. To be awarded an ICSA Labs certificate, a product should detect and remove all malicious programs from the test set without any false positives and without damaging any files that it disinfects. The tests conducted by ICSA Labs experts on a 32 bit version of Windows Vista prove that Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 meets the highest standards of antivirus protection by detecting and removing all malicious program samples on the infected computer," Kaspersky revealed.

Currently, the Russian antivirus maker is hard at work on the next version of its security products. Both Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 and Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 were released into the beta program in late April 2007.

"We are glad to see that such a respected organization as ICSA Labs has confirmed the effectiveness of protection provided by our flagship product for platforms based on Microsoft's latest operating system. The ICSA Labs certificate is further proof that Kaspersky Lab solutions are an optimal choice for Windows Vista users," said Alaxey Tal, Kaspersky Lab certification manager.