Kaspersky launches antivirus version for Mac

Kaspersky has just released a version of the antivirus software of the same name for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. This version is expected to protect Mac OS from threats such as viruses, worms, Trojans and other malicious software such as threatening the two most popular operating systems today are Windows and Linux.

Typically, Macs are still the operating system that is the least prone to hackers. However, according to Kaspersky data from 2005 up to now, attacks aimed at vulnerabilities in Mac OS are increasing. ' Mac OS is not outside the current wave of virus and malware attacks, ' said Gun Suk Ling, managing director of Kaspersky Lab Southeast Asia.

The version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac OS has an antivirus database updated from over 20 million malware on different platforms . This application will also be updated every hour to ensure that Mac OS users will be protected from malicious programs that appear daily.

Also according to Kaspersky, the version is optimized so that it consumes very little system resources, even when running a virus scanner. Kaspersky Lab said the antivirus engine of this software significantly increased the scanning speed of the system, especially on two and four processor platforms.

To prevent malware from migrating from Windows and Unix virtual systems to the working environment, Kaspersky has added the ability to respond to protection on shared folders on the virtual machine - the feature is A lot of personal and business users use it. Kaspersky antivirus software is also upgraded automatically before the computer boots into the operating system environment.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus is compatible with Mac OS X versions from 10.4.11. To install this program, the minimum Mac configuration must be: Intel processor, 512MB RAM, 80GB hard drive .