Kaspersky Lab announces the completion of the first stage of beta testing for the version 8.0 business applications:
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Workstations
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Servers
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition
- Kaspersky Administration Kit 8.0
- Kaspersky Second Opinion Solution 8.0

We would like to inform you that as of March 16 all materials on the relevant beta testing forum will be available in read-only mode. Also, new beta keys for version 8.0 business applications will no longer be issued as of March 16.

We would like to thank all those who took part in the first stage of beta testing.

The next stage of beta testing will be announced in due course.

The next stage of beta testing will be announced in due course.

Try this beta key, it should be valid for ~90 days (found in Russian section)

Could you tell me what time KAV version 8 final will be available for business ?

thank you

regards

The release is expected by 2010

Kaspersky Antivirus for Workstation v8 I think is expected in the Q3 or Q4 of 2009 (Personal Opinion).

Technical Preview Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows 7
Version 8.0.0.1081 Technical Preview
Release date: 21.04.2009

What's new:

1. Improved application performance.
2. Improved anti-virus file protection technology.
3. Means of control over applications' access to connected external devices.
4. Easy and handy access to any component of the application.
5. Means of control over users' access to web-resources (web site viewing and file downloading).
6. Proactive defense module was updated: list of events, processed by the component, was extended.
7. IPv6 protocol support.
8. Means of the application remote installation through Kaspersky Administration Kit with the latest version of the application databases.
9. Improved application update procedure: now a computer rarely has to be restarted.
10. Means to specify a new parameter (socket type, with raw-socket support) when creating a rule in the Firewall module.
11. Traffic analysis of Internet-pagers (for ICQ, MSN) that provides security while working with them.
12. Mechanism of exporting / importing several parameters from the command line.
13. Additional information about processes trying to get access to the application is registered in reports.
14. Means to manage parallel search for vulnerabilities when scan task is executed.
15. Improved mechanism of working with application, installed on a remote computer, using Kaspersky Administration Kit (policy structure is redesigned).
16. Means of remote administration of Anti-Spam and Anti-Spy components using Kaspersky Administration Kit.
17. Possibility to use the application configuration file when creating a policy through Kaspersky Administration Kit.
18. Possibility to export / import the exclusion list from Kaspersky Administration Kit policies.
19. Update and scan tasks configuration is now performed in group tasks only and is not available from policies.
20. Uninstall mechanism for applications, which may cause compatibility problems with the product, has been simplified.
21. Possibility to copy objects from local storages (storages on client computers) to administrator's workspace (for example, in order to send them to the Virus Lab).
22. A new mechanism to manage sheduled scan task when screen saver is on or computer is locked.
23. Data files size restriction (reports, quarantined and backuped files).
24. Client computers with the application installed may be temporary excluded from policies and group tasks scope when working via Kaspersky Administration Kit. This function is available after entering the password.
25. Specific settings are available for mobile users when configuring group update tasks in Kaspersky Administration Kit.

the key for the 6.0.3.837 can be use with this version?

install and use ok on XP PRO SP3 French

It´s a beta version normally only use beta key or beta activation. I test with my key and don´t work.
I imagine install with beta key.

install and use ok on XP PRO SP3 French

I want to test kas for windows enterprise edition v.8.0,Where download?

Kaspersky Antivirus Workstation v8.0.0.1081 Technical Preview
Download:
ftp://ftp.kaspersky.com/beta/kavwks8.0_fo....0.0.1081en.exe

Info:
ftp://ftp.kaspersky.com/beta/kavwks8.0_fo...s_wks8.0_en.htm

Regards

Will there be an actual business-use-appropriate version any time soon?

Many of these "features" should not be used in a corporate setting.

I've had plenty of problems already with features outside Kaspersky's core competence area of AV causing a lot of annoyances by disabling required services and causing application faults.

I'd prefer a "corp version" will all that junk stripped out.

Just give me AV.