Kaspersky Internet Security Shows 100% Efficiency in the Latest Dennis Technology Labs Annual Report

Woburn, MA – October 15, 2015 -Kaspersky Internet Security has been named the best product on the market for protection against cyberthreats by Dennis Technology Labs, receiving a 100 percent Total Accuracy rating in its annual ‘Anti-Virus Protection and Performance Report.’ Kaspersky Lab is one of the few security vendors to be awarded a AAA certificate in four consecutive Dennis Technology Labs tests.

The report consolidates all Dennis Technology Labs anti-virus tests during the last 12 months, comparing how different anti-malware products perform in terms of protecting user systems against threats and maintaining system performance. The test also compares the overall impact of different security products on user systems. A low impact rating indicates the product does not negatively interfer with the overall functioning of the device. While performing a range of tasks, Kaspersky Internet Security was found to have only a seven percent impact on systems. Other vendor’s products were found to have a far higher impact and some even provided a lower level of protection.The Kaspersky solution emerged as the top product for protection accuracy, being the only solution with a 100 percent Total Accuracy score.

The results confirm that in today’s constantly-evolving cyberthreat landscape, a specialized security solution such as Kaspersky Internet Security is essential for protecting consumers against the latest cyberthreats.

Timur Biyachuev, Director of Anti-Malware Research at Kaspersky Lab, says, “Consumers need to feel protected from the growing range of online threats and we at Kaspersky Lab have made it our mission to make the Internet a safer place. We know that built-in OS tools are simply not strong enough to withstand the latest cyberthreats, so we have invested technical expertise and world-renowned threat intelligence into the creation of a specialized product - Kaspersky Internet Security. It provides our users with the very best protection, without draining their system resources, which has now been proven through stringent assessments by Dennis Technology Labs.” 

Overall Kaspersky Internet Security was found to offer the best combination – offering its users accurate protection against cyberthreats whilst having minimal impact on system performance levels.

The full report is available via the Dennis Technology Labs website.

About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is one of the world’s fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and the largest that is privately-owned. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users (IDC, 2014). Since 1997 Kaspersky Lab has been an innovator in cybersecurity and provides effective digital security solutions and threat intelligence for large enterprises, SMBs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab is an international company, operating in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 400 million users worldwide.

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