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Solid but not perfect. Kaspersky’s URL blacklist blocked about 85% of fresh phishing sites in my tests. The rest required the heuristic module. It integrated well with IE, Chrome, and Firefox via a browser plugin — but the plugin occasionally caused slow page loading, especially on image-heavy sites.
Today, the 2014 version of Kaspersky is a ghost of the past; the software has since been completely banned in the United States due to national security concerns, meaning users there no longer receive the critical updates that defined the company’s 2014 heyday. Financial Cyberthreats in 2019 | Securelist
Here is a retrospective review of the software, analyzing how it stood in 2013–2014 and why it is relevant (or obsolete) today.
: Organizations became increasingly vulnerable to attacks launched indirectly through the personal devices of young HCUs, making it necessary to identify sources of security influence to design better interventions RMIT Research . Lessons for the Future
In the first two months post-release (August–September 2013), Kaspersky 2014 had notable bugs:
: Collaborative efforts between banking sectors, governments, and security firms like Kaspersky to track and neutralize notorious fraud perpetrators.
: The year saw a mix of intentional and unintentional data leaks, often caused by careless end-users Plymouth University .
