Kaspersky Small Office Security 5

Build: 17.0.0.611.0.95.0

Date: 7/4/2016

Kaspersky Small Office Security is a solution that provides a high level of protection to your organization's computers and servers against new data threats.

GENERAL MINIMUM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

• 920 MB free disk space on the hard drive

• CD-/DVD-ROM (for installing from the installation CD)

• Internet access (for the application activation and for updating databases and software modules)

• Microsoft Windows Installer 3.0 or later

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or later

• Webcam access protection is provided only for compatible webcam models

MINIMUM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS WHEN DEPLOYING ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER

Requirements for Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 3 or later), Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 3 or later), and Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (Service Pack 2 or later):

• CPU with a clock speed of 1 GHz or faster

• 512 MB free RAM

Requirements for Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows Vista Business (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows 7 Starter (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (Service Pack 1 or later), Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise, Microsoft Windows 8.1 (Windows 8.1 Update), Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (Windows 8.1 Update), Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise (Windows 8.1 Update), Microsoft Windows 10 Home, Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise, and Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (Windows 10 RS1 support has limitations):

• CPU with a clock speed of 1 GHz or faster

• 1 GB free RAM (for 32-bit operating systems), 2 GB free RAM (for 64-bit operating systems)

Supported browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, and 11.0 (except for Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 with the new Windows user interface style). To access Kaspersky Small Office Security Management Console portal, we recommend using Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 or later

• Microsoft Edge versions 20.x – 25.x

• Mozilla Firefox versions 43.x – 47.x

• Mozilla Firefox ESR versions 38.5 – 45.2

• Google Chrome versions 45.x – 51.x

Kaspersky Small Office Security supports Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox in 32-bit and in 64-bit operating systems.

Requirements for tablet computers:

• Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8.1, and Microsoft Windows 10

• Intel Celeron processor with a clock speed of 1.66 GHz or faster

• 1000 MB free RAM

Requirements for netbooks:

• Intel Atom CPU 1.60 GHz or faster

• 1024 MB free RAM

• 10.1-inch display with 1024x600 screen resolution

• Intel GMA 950 or higher

Requirements for Kaspersky Password Manager when installing on Microsoft Windows XP Home (32-bit) Service Pack 3 or later, Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit) Service Pack 3 or later, or Microsoft Windows XP Professional (64-bit) Service Pack 2 or later. On these operating systems one of the following browsers must be installed:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or later

• Mozilla Firefox 31 or later

• Google Chrome 36 or later

• Yandex.Browser 14.10 or later

MINIMUM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS WHEN DEPLOYING ON A FILE SERVER

Kaspersky Small Office Security cannot be installed on a file server running in Server Core mode.

Requirements for the operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation / Essentials / Standard, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation / Essentials / Standard:

• 64-bit (x64) processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz or higher

• 4 GB free RAM

Requirements for the operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 Standard:

• 64-bit (x64) processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz or higher

• 512 MB free RAM

Requirements for the operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation / Standard / Enterprise Service Pack 1 or later:

• 64-bit (x64) processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz or dual-core processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz or higher

• 512 MB free RAM

Requirements for the operating system Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard x64 Edition Service Pack 2 or later:

• 64-bit (x64) processor with a clock speed of 2 GHz or higher

• 4 GB free RAM

Requirements for the operating systems Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Service Pack 1 or later, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Service Pack 1 or later:

• 64-bit (x64) processor with a clock speed of 2 GHz or higher

• 8 GB free RAM

INSTALLATION

To install the application, run the installation package (file with the .exe extension) and follow the instructions of the installation wizard.

During installation, Kaspersky Small Office Security detects and allows removing applications that, when running concurrently, may affect your computer's performance, even causing complete inoperability.

The application is incompatible with the following Kaspersky Lab applications:

• Kaspersky Anti-Virus

• Kaspersky Internet Security

• Kaspersky PURE

• Kaspersky Total Security

• Kaspersky Small Office Security 1

• Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstation 6

• Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Server 6

• Kaspersky Endpoint Protection 8, 10

• Kaspersky Free*

*Kaspersky Free is not available in all regions.

The application is compatible with the following Kaspersky Lab applications:

• Kaspersky Fraud Prevention for Endpoint 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5

• Kaspersky Fraud Prevention for Endpoints 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

• Kaspersky Password Manager 2.0, 5.0, 7.0, 8.0

Kaspersky Small Office Security that is installed on a file server is compatible with Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Exchange Servers 9.0 Maintenance Release 2 and Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Exchange Servers 9.0 Maintenance Release 3. For proper operation of Kaspersky Small Office Security File Server together with those applications:

• Disable Mail Anti-Virus

• Disable Web Anti-Virus or in the Web Anti-Virus settings add the web addresses of Exchange Web Services to the list of trusted URLs (Web Anti-Virus settings -> Advanced Settings -> Configure trusted URLs)

WHAT'S NEW IN KASPERSKY SMALL OFFICE SECURITY

Kaspersky Small Office Security 5 provides the following new features:

• Kaspersky Small Office Security includes the following new components for personal computers:

  • Private Browsing

  • Application Manager

  • Software Updater

• Kaspersky Small Office Security includes the following new components for file servers:

  • Web Anti-Virus (disabled by default)

  • Mail Anti-Virus (disabled by default)

• The application now switches to limited functionality mode when the license expires.

• Protection against unauthorized recording of the audio stream from built-in and external microphones has been added.

• Support for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 Standard has been added.

• License expiration notifications consistent with the Microsoft standard have been added.

• Partial support of Yandex.Browser and the Microsoft Edge browser has been added.

• Support of the HTTP/2 protocol has been added.

• Network activity of applications can now be controlled before Kaspersky Small Office Security has started.

• Functioning of the System Watcher component has been improved: protection against cryptors has been implemented. If a cryptor attempts to encrypt a file, Kaspersky Small Office Security automatically creates a backup copy of this file before it is encrypted by a malicious cryptor. Backup copies are stored in the system folder for temporary files. If a cryptor has encrypted a file, Kaspersky Small Office Security automatically restores it from the backup copy.

• It is now possible to create Firewall rules in notification windows.

• Interaction of the application with supported browsers has been improved: now a single extension is used instead of several separate plug-ins.

• An option to download Kaspersky Password Manager from the window of Kaspersky Small Office Security has been added.

• Wi-Fi network connection notifications have been improved. Wi-Fi network categorization issues have been fixed.

• Safe Money functionality has been improved.

  • Events involving the weakening of protection during operation of Protected Browser are recorded in the event log.

  • The application now includes the functionality that checks the trusted secure connection to Kaspersky Lab services and websites of online banking and e-money systems by verifying the certificates of the relevant web resources.

  • An option to send feedback has been added.

• Mail Anti-Virus has been improved. The default level of heuristic analysis has been increased to medium.

• Anti-Banner has been improved. Lists of websites on which banners are not blocked have been added. Component operation statistics have been improved. It is now possible to manage Anti-Banner via the Kaspersky Protection extension.

• Quick access to the main tasks (such as a scan task or update task) from the taskbar notification area in operating systems that support quick access lists has been added.

• The progress of tasks performed by Kaspersky Small Office Security is now displayed as a progress indicator in the taskbar notification area.

• The On-Screen Keyboard icon has been improved. The icon no longer prevents data input in the entry fields.

• Application performance has been improved and computer resource consumption has been optimized.

• Less time is required to start the application.

MAIN KNOWN ISSUES

• When data is sent to Technical Support, the request number must be in upper case.

• If the Always scan encrypted connections check box is selected, a scan is performed even if all protection components are disabled.

• When you enable Anti-Banner, you must refresh all open web pages to enable Anti-Banner functionality on those web pages.

• When the application is installed over previous versions, some applications may disappear from the list of monitored applications in the Web Policy Management settings.

• When the application is installed over previous versions, protection against screen lockers is enabled by default even if it was previously disabled.

• If the application is reinstalled, the Software Updater component will be enabled by default even if it was previously disabled.

• In interactive protection mode (in the Settings -> Protection window, the Perform recommended actions automatically check box is cleared), detected threats processing tasks requested from Kaspersky Small Office Security Management Console portal might not be performed if there is already a request to process the threat on the user's computer.

• Backup and restore might not be performed for large collections of files (hundreds of thousands).

ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION

• Knowledge Base: Kaspersky Small Office Security 5 File Server and Kaspersky Small Office Security 5 Personal Computer

• Forum: http://forum.kaspersky.com

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