Kaspersky Total Security provides the following new features:
The Tools window has been improved. Application features are now categorized to help you find specific features.
The PC Cleaner component has been improved.
You can now complain about an application that misbehaves.
You can now search for and remove browser extensions.
The Application Manager component has been improved:
A schedule of application and browser extension search has been added.
It is now possible to exclude applications from analysis based on object category.
The list of ignored applications has been moved to a separate window.
The Software Updater component has been improved:
It is now possible to run a scheduled search for application updates.
The list of ignored applications has been moved to a separate window.
The operation of the Safe Money component has been improved:
It is now possible to open a specific site in Protected Browser by clicking the application icon in the notification area and on the taskbar.
Feedback forms that let you rate the component performance and report to Technical Support have been improved.
A notification about whether your computer supports hardware virtualization has been added. The status of hardware virtualization is also displayed in the component settings window.
The Parental Control component has been improved:
When the time zone changes, the computer, Internet and application usage time is zeroed out.
Similar applications, for example, browsers from different vendors, are now controlled as one application.
The operation of the Anti-Banner component has been improved. New Anti-Banner filters have been added. They let you specify which banners in particular should be blocked.
The display of notifications has been improved. Notifications that are not critical for application performance are not displayed while you are using office applications, running an application in full-screen mode, watching a video or performing a video call.
The Recommended settings window has been improved. The Delete malicious tools, adware, auto-dialers and suspicious packagers check box and the Detect other software that can be used by criminals to damage your computer or personal data check box have been added.
It is now possible to scan scripts using Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI). AMSI is a standard Microsoft interface that allows scanning scripts and other objects using Kaspersky Total Security. The component can only detect a threat and notify about it, but it does not handle threats. The component is available in Microsoft Windows 10 or later.
Scanning of encrypted connections has been improved. You can now choose actions for sites that returned scan errors and add such sites to exclusions.
It is now possible to disable decryption of Extended Validation (EV) certificates.