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The Latest Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Cumulative Database Update Has Been Released

January 12, 2002

Kaspersky Labs announces the release of the latest update to the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database, offering a new line of features, amongst which are: The world's first-embedded, second-generation heuristic analyzer that searches for unknown network worms written in Visual Basic; Added feature...

Kaspersky Lab announces the release of the latest update to the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database, offering a new line of features, amongst which are:

  • The world's first-embedded, second-generation heuristic analyzer that searches for unknown network worms written in Visual Basic;
  • Added feature for search of malicious programs contained in files compressed with the following utilities:
    BitArts.Cruncher
    BitArts.Fusion
    CodeSafe
    Rapid
    PackLite
    Cexe
    Gleam
    PE-Crypt.Lame
    PEBundle
    Expert
    LGLZ
    ARF
  • Added feature for search of malicious programs contained in files archived with:
    NSIS
    Astrum
  • A perfected search function for detecting malicious programs in compressed files of the following formats:
    UPX
    WWPack
    PECompact

Kaspersky Lab reminds you that the current update includes all previously released daily, weekly and cumulative updates.

All registered Kaspersky Anti-Virus users can download this update manually for free, or by using the built-in updating system.

The Latest Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Cumulative Database Update Has Been Released

Kaspersky Labs announces the release of the latest update to the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database, offering a new line of features, amongst which are: The world's first-embedded, second-generation heuristic analyzer that searches for unknown network worms written in Visual Basic; Added feature...
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