

You have just four screens to click through, and the suite doesn’t try to push additional software or settings changes. Installing Internet Security 2014 is easy. Internet Security 2014 is also one of the lightest-impact suites in our roundup, scoring a 1 (a mark bested only by the far less effective Webroot SecureAnywhere suite) that reflects minimal adverse impact on overall system performance. The most trigger-happy packages in our roundup-F-Secure, Vipre Internet Security 2014, and Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security Complete-registered five false positives each. During system scans, Kaspersky didn’t flag any legitimate programs as unsafe. Kaspersky’s algorithm is tight: Internet Security 2014 didn’t flag a single nonthreatening website as risky, nor did it falsely block or issue warnings to users installing legitimate software. Kaspersky Internet Security 2014: ready for touchscreens.

Kaspersky also sailed through our malware zoo test (identifying and blocking widespread known malware that had been discovered within the previous month), stopping 100 percent of attacks.

AV-Test’s baseline security program, Microsoft Security Essentials, blocked just 71 percent of zero-day attacks. In AV-Test’s real-world battery of tests involving Web and email threats, Kaspersky blocked 100 percent of zero-day attacks, matching the performance of Eset Smart Security 7, F-Secure Internet Security 2014, Norton Internet Security 2014, and Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2014, and making it one of the strongest security suites in our roundup.
