• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  C:\ Kav2007\ kavstart.exe
• Uses Network:Yes
• Uses Internet:Yes

Description:

The process kavstart.exe provides the Personal Firewall functionality in the KingSoft Antivirus Security Center program.

The KingSoft Personal Firewall executed by the process kavstart.exe provides its users with the capability of directly manipulating application access settings. It has a built-in program access locking control mechanism that provides users with the capacity to conduct profiling methods in terms of the programs and services present on the machine that will be permitted to send and receive information to the Internet. While the kavstart.exe process can implement a default configuration in the system, its users are given an option to set the rules on their own based on their needs.

Only users with advanced configuration experience can conduct customization methods on the application settings for the program access locking control. Aside from being able to configure access control, the kavstart.exe file also provides users with the capability of monitoring and launching profiling methods in order to control the network activity through application, interface, socket type, and connection format. With this, users should not be worried about networking security over inbound and outbound network traffic. Users are also offered the capability of using low level connections in order to configure the network profile, and network professionals ideally have control privileges when it comes to manipulating the network activity.

In addition, advanced users can configure the Personal Firewall settings to pre-set regular schedules for automatic anti-virus scanning or otherwise to the scanning of selected drives manually. To implement automatic anti-virus scanning, the kavstart.exe file sends information to the KingSoft Anti-virus Security Center to perform the scan. Its scanning features include an exhaustive analysis of storage devices for virus-like applications and pre-defined definitions, which are regularly updated by KingSoft.

The kavstart.exe file runs as background process and is automatically turned on as soon as the KingSoft Antivirus Software is loaded on the computer. Its firewall protection capability has been recognized to be powerful yet easy to use and is perfect for PC home users.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.