A little-publicized feature in the recent release of Parallels Desktop 3.0 is the inclusion of a 6-month free trial of Kaspersky Internet Security right there in the Actions menu. This includes both a firewall and a virus scanner.

It’s always a good idea to run a virus scanner on a Windows installation, and Kaspersky is one of the better ones out there. This is especially true in light of how tightly integrated Parallels 3.0 is with the host Mac OS. While it’s unlikely that you’ll get hit by most trojans and malware, anything that does file manipulation or deletion and that can see the host OS from Parallels is a potential vector for problems.

Better safe than sorry. And it’s free (for 6 months, at least).

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