What's new

Kaspersky created a special version of the application for residents of the U.S. state of California. If you are a resident of the U.S. state of California, you need to download and install this version of the application.

The following new features and improvements are introduced in Kaspersky Total Security:

• Reduced time taken to update application databases.
• Enhanced Firewall settings. Added capability to view available networks, and expanded list of settings for network rules.
• Added Interface section that displays the application notification settings and the design theme and application icon settings.
• Added Manage Settings section where you can import, export, or restore application settings.
• Revised Additional section. It now contains the Hardware and On-Screen Keyboard settings.
• Revised General section. It now contains more settings such as Performance, Operating mode, and Self-Defense.
• Enhanced File Anti-Virus component. It now scans files in Microsoft Office formats that are up to 8 MB in size.
• Resolved vulnerability of the File Shredder component.
• Resolved vulnerability of the Backup and Restore component. Implemented Exploit Prevention.
• Resolved vulnerability of storing data in data vaults. Implemented Exploit Prevention.
• Improved texts of licensing messages.
• Reduced time of application installation due to support for earlier versions of Microsoft .NET Framework. Now, if the user has Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 or later installed, Microsoft .NET Framework is not downloaded during installation of Kaspersky Password Manager and Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection.

Functionality that was removed in the current and previous versions of the application