- Jul 16, 2014
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Since both are officially released now I decided to take a "look" at the new Kaspersky 2016 but before installing it I took a peek on the newly released manual for Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 because I wanted to know about any limitations of it on the Windows 10 platform and oh boy this is amazing...
http://media.kaspersky.com/usa/documentation/kis2016_userguide_en.pdf
The real deal begins on page 112:
Kaspersky Internet Security limitations under Microsoft Windows 10 The following functionality is partly limited in the application installed on the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system:
Limitations on the operation of Application Control under Microsoft Windows 10:
http://media.kaspersky.com/usa/documentation/kis2016_userguide_en.pdf
The real deal begins on page 112:
Kaspersky Internet Security limitations under Microsoft Windows 10 The following functionality is partly limited in the application installed on the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system:
- Self-Defense. Self-Defense of the application GUI does not work even when it is enabled.
- System Watcher.
- Protection against cryptors and screen lockers. The application can detect only the most basic varieties of cryptors and screen lockers.
- Malware disinfection in the system memory.
- Protection against screenshots.
- Clipboard data protection.
- Protection of the Protected Browser process against external attacks.
Limitations on the operation of Application Control under Microsoft Windows 10:
- Custom application rules do not work.
- Application categorization in the new Windows user interface style is performed incorrectly.
- The Application Control component does not support the following operations and functions:
- Hooks installation
- Taking screenshots
- Sending windows messages to other processes
- Suspicious operations
- Hooking incoming messages of the stream
- Direct access to physical memory
- Setting debug privileges
- Access to password storage
- Managing printer driver
- Using program interfaces of other processes
- Access to internal browser data
- Access to critical objects of the operating system
- Using program interfaces of the operating system (DNS)
- Creating service
- Opening service for read
- Opening service for write
- Modifying service configuration
- Managing service
- Starting service
- Deleting service
- Saving registry keys to file
- Access to audio stream
- Changing system modules (KnownDlls)
- Starting driver: loading of drivers is not blocked; only a notification about a driver that has been loaded may be shown.
- Pausing other processes and threads: only threads with suspend rights are intercepted under Microsoft Windows 10 (x86); opening of the process is additionally controlled under Microsoft Windows (x64).
- Code intrusions: only threads with inject rights are intercepted under Microsoft Windows 10 (x86); opening of the process is additionally controlled under Microsoft Windows 10 (x64).
- Duplicate internal process handle: copying of handles is controlled for processes and threads only.
- Stopping other processes: controlled only at the level of opening of process handles and threads with terminate rights.
- Exiting Microsoft Windows 10: only shutdown.exe launch is controlled – other mechanisms of exiting the operating system are not controlled.