Press Releases
September 25, 2002 Kaspersky Labs announces the release of the beta version for its new product Kaspersky Anti-Hacker and invites all those interested to take part in its public beta testing. Kaspersky Anti-Hacker is an easy-to-use system of defense against hacker...
September 24, 2002 Kaspersky Anti-Virus wins award from French magazine PC Direct. The month of September has brought Kaspersky Labs yet another victory; this time the editorial staff of the popular French publication PC Direct awarded Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.0. Two...
September 18, 2002 In its September edition, popular Russian magazine 'PL: Kompyutery' published the test results for eight of the world's most popular anti-virus programs. Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Personal Pro again confirmed its position as one of the most...
September 14, 2002 The "Slapper" worm successfully uses the 14-year old technology Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns about the detection of a new dangerous "Slapper" Internet-worm that infects computers running Linux...
September 10, 2002 A Trojan has been detected, in a commercial product for processing graphic software, that destroys files on the Windows system directory Kaspersky Labs reports the detection of a Trojan horse, FireAnvil, embedded in a commercial product from US...
September 5, 2002 September 6 marks detonation day for one of the most widespread Internet worms Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, warns computer users of the Septemeber 6th activation of the destructive functions wielded by the...
September 2, 2002 Kaspersky Labs presents the Virus Top 20 for the month of August. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. I-Worm.Klez 76,45 I-Worm.Lentin 21,66 Win95.CIH 0,45 Abba 0,24 I-Worm.Hybris 0,10 Win32.FunLove 0,07...
August 30, 2002 Kaspersky Labs announces the release of its regular cumulative update of Kaspersky Labs virus databases. This update contains a list of changes and additions to the fundamental anti-virus program, as well as maintains all previous cumulative...
August 28, 2002 Kaspersky Labs announces the release of its Maintenance Pack 3 for the following Kaspersky® products (available in Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Polish and Estonian): Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal (versions 4.0.6.0, 4.0.7.0)...
August 22, 2002 Kaspersky Labs reports the detection of the network worm "Duload", which is spreading across the KaZaA file-exchange network. Presently Kaspersky Labs has already received several registered instances of infection in Italy. The worm itself is a...
August 22, 2002 Kaspersky Labs warns computer users of a massive mailing of the Trojan-style malicious program, TrojanDownloader.Win32.Apher. Presently there have already been several registered reports of infection. The Trojan is sent out by an anonymous evildoer...
August 12, 2002 Kaspersky Anti-Virus is first to be localized in Estonian Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security, software-development company, announces the localization of Kaspersky Anti-Virus in the Estonian language, thus making its well-known software...
August 2, 2002 Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Defends Novell NetWare The British journal Virus Bulletin, in its August edition, published the results of its traditional comparison tests of the most popular anti-virus products for the Novell Netware operating...
August 2, 2002Kaspersky Labs presents the Virus Top 20 for the month of July. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences.
July 25, 2002 Cambridge, United Kingdom, 25th July, 2002 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, and Igaware, one of the leading UK developers of network server appliances, announced today the integration of KasperskyT...
July 23, 2002Network Worms I-Worm.Calil Worm.Win32.Datom I-Worm.Kitro (Family) I-Worm.Kitro.a I-Worm.Kitro.b I-Worm.Kitro.c I-Worm.Kitro.d Worm.Win32.Ladex Worm.P2P.Surnova I-Worm.Tettona I-Worm.Scalper Worm.Win32.Nople Windows Viruses...
July 22, 2002 Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Personal Pro wins award from ZDNet Germany. The editorial team of the popular German portal ZDNet has published their anti-virus product comparison test results. The technology experts conducting the study determined...
July 17, 2002 Kaspersky Labs presents its new corporate Web site. Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, presents a new version of its corporate web site. The new site reflects a personal approach targeted towards satisfying the needs...
July 17, 2002 Kaspersky Labs warns all computer users of a large number of registered infections from new modifications to the "Frethem" Internet-worm (modifications K and L). For penetration "Frethem" exploits a 1 1/2-year-old vulnerability in the Internet...
July 12, 2002Kaspersky Labs, an international data security software developer, announces the release of the second beta version for Kaspersky® Security for Pocket PC and invites all those interested to take part in the public testing of this product.
July 10, 2002 Kaspersky Anti-Virus wins award from PC Achat Magazine PC Achat, one of the most wide-read computer related magazines in France with a circulation of nearly 70,000 copies, conducted a test of the five most popular anti-virus programs in France. The...
July 4, 2002 Kaspersky Labs, an international data security software developer, presents the beta-version of four updated Kaspersky Anti-Virus modules and invites all interested parties to participate in the testing of these developments. Because it is very...
July 4, 2002 Kaspersky Anti-Virus receives award from Russian edition of magazine CHIP The Russian edition of the popular computer magazine CHIP has published tests of eight leading anti-virus programs, with Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro being named best...
July 2, 2002 The latest monthly installment of the Kaspersky Virus Top 20 is here. To find out more details about each virus, simply click on the links below. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. position virus percentage by...