Kaspersky PURE Total Security Review and Giveaway |2 Winners

Kaspersky Pure Total Security software is the newest internet safety offering from the folks over at  Kaspersky Labs I’ve used the products  these brilliant folks put out for years and am delighted to tell you that this software has all the bases covered when it comes to keeping your home network safe.

Key Features

AWARD WINNING COMPUTER AND INTERNET SECURITY: protects the entire household’s computers against all known malware, viruses, Trojans, root kits, worms,  malicious website scripts, phishing attacks and key logger programs sniffing for your passwords.

BACKUP AND RESTORE:Keeping your treasured pictures, financial records and digital content of all kinds safe via an easy to use Backup feature that uses  incremental technology that gets the job done quickly.

Awesome Parental Control features

• Totally block or passively report computer use rule violations
• Limit Computer or Internet use- even when you’re at work PURE is standing guard making sure your kids aren’t distracted from homework or other important activities
• Monitor  their time online via full Internet History Reports
• Control their use  of IM’S or Social Networking Sites – Block inappropriate contacts in instant messaging services, control your child’s use of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace

Online Transaction Security

• store  your valuable files  in password-protected encrypted vaults that only you can access
• Password Manager-provides online Transaction Security, suggests and stores strong passwords for you, no need to remember multiple passwords.
• Password manager can also remember your personal info, safely, securely filling out long online forms with a couple clicks of your mouse.
• Take your passwords wherever you – PURE  will put passwords in an encrypted database along with tiny application on your USB flash device. Just plug it into any computer, run the application and you’ve got the ability to fill out forms and passwords.
• On-screen Virtual Keyboard  -protects your passwords against key logger programs

PURE Home Network Management

• Management Console -manage all the Kaspersky PURE-protected PC‟s on your home network from your own computer –no more dashing from computer to computer every week!
• Home Wi-FI Network Security- PURE will scan your home LAN walking you you thru step by step instructions to fix any security issues that are present.
• Strong firewall-protects your network against hacker attacks
• PC clean-up tools-to keep your computers running smoothly

Easy Installation

The Setup and Configuration Wizards will have you up and running in a snap (you will need to remove existing anti-virus/security software) Kaspersky provides removal tools and instructions to make this easy.

My Verdict

PURE standardizes home network security-everybody’s system is running the same software and the tech savvy person is in charge. No more situations where somebody skips virus scans or updates or turns the software off to play a computer game  endangering the entire network

I love  the easy to configure Parental Controls-PURE is there when they get home from school and you’re at work, cooking dinner or running errands- enforcing your rules regarding your child’s computer/internet/social media access

IMHO the online security features alone make PURE worth it’s price. I’ve paid $30 per copy for a supposedly secure form filler that doesn’t offer anywhere near the security of Password Manager, Virtual Keyboard and auto form filler.

Details

Kaspersky PURE retails for $89.95 for a 1-year license, and can be installed on up to 3 computers. You can Download a 30 day Free Trial copy here. You might also want to check out their Facebook page

GiveAway

Kaspersky generously gave me 2 copies of Pure to share with  my readers!

How to Enter- Mandatory

1. Subscribe to my website via the feedburner subscription box located on the upper right hand side of this page (your email will never be traded or sold) come back & leave a comment letting me know you’ve subscribed. Alternatively you may follow me via the Google friend connect box also located on the upper right hand side of this web page

2. Leave me a comment letting me know why you need to get PURE.

Extra Entries

Follow @kaspersky on Twitter –1 entry- come back leave a comment with the link to your tweet

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Make a brief post on your blog about this giveaway- 3 Entries  (please don’t copy and paste my post) come back here, leave me a comment that contains a link to your post, you make then make 2 more  separate comments just saying blog post

Tweet –x1 per day “ Win Kaspersky PURE Total Security for your home – from @Kaspersky & @geekbabe” come back and leave a comment with a link to your tweet.

The Rules

To enter, you must be 18 or older. One Entry per household for all entry methods ie: one person in a household may make the required entry comment and tweet daily. Contest open to those residing in the USA.The contest runs from 11pm EST on Mon, Jan 24th  through 11:59pm EST on  Sun, Feb 6th 2011 . Make sure at least one of your entries includes a contact method (i.e. Twitter, email, blog). 2 winners will be chosen shortly after the contest ends using Random.org. The winner has 48 hours to reply or another winner will be selected. An email containing the product code will be sent by me to the winner.

FTC: I received a free copy of the software for my review, Kaspersky is also providing 2 copies to share with my readers.