What's New In Version 5.5 - KAPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 5.5 - FOR LINUX-FREEBSD WORKSTATION AND FILE SERVER Administrator's Manual

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Ensure real-time protection of the file system against malicious code:
intercept and analyze attempts to access files, disinfect and delete
infected objects.
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Scan objects on-demand: search infected and suspicious files (including
files in the specified scan scopes); analyze files; disinfect or delete
infected objects.
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Quarantine suspicious and corrupted objects: save suspicious files in the
quarantine folder.
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Create a copy of the infected object in the backup storage before
attempting to disinfect or deleting such object for the possible restoration
of the object if it contains valuable information.
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Update the anti-virus database; the database is updated from the
Kaspersky Lab's updates servers. The user can also configure the
application so that the database is updated from the local folder.
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Control and configure Kaspersky Anti-Virus using the application
configuration file and web-based interface Webmin.

1.3. What's new in version 5.5?

The following changes have been introduced to Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.5 for
Linux an FreeBSD Workstation and File Server as compared to version 5.0:
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A new component kavmonitor that ensures anti-virus protection of files in
the real-time mode has been added to the application.
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New technologies for receiving updates of the anti-virus database and
application modules have been introduced, including integrity check and
check of the usability of the downloaded database. This helps
considerably save the network traffic.
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The ability to select the type of the anti-virus database to download
(standard or extended database set) has been added. Using this option
you can individually select the database set to be used by each individual
component.
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The application installation and removal procedure have been simplified.
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Importing of the settings of the previous Anti-virus version (5.0) has been
made available. This allows to considerably accelerate the process of
creating an operational configuration.
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A possibility to create a backup storage to store copies of suspicious and
infected objects before such objects are disinfected or deleted. This helps
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