Press Releases
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October 17, 2001 The latest Trojan program goes after WebMoney purses. Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of the new Trojan, "KWM," which allows malefactors imperceptibly to control infected computers and gain...
October 15, 2001 SirCam's destructive function is not triggered on October 16, which is just like any other day. According to announcements made by a number of media sources, tomorrow, October 16, a new wave of incidences connected with the widespread, destructive,...
October 11, 2001 Kaspersky Labs announces the release of the latest "Kaspersky Reports" Kaspersky Labs is pleased to announce the release of the latest "Kaspersky Reports," informing our readers and users of the latest viruses in our Virus Encyclopedia. The...
October 9, 2001 Kaspersky Labs and WSKA sign European Partnership Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, today announced the launch of European retail sales of its flagship product Kaspersky® Anti-Virus to be sold through retail...
October 2, 2001
October 1, 2001 Kaspersky Labs presents a new virus-information service Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the launch of the new information service, the Virus Top Twenty. This service will provide information about the...
September 25, 2001 A new virus going by the name of "Vote" has started spreading on the Internet via Microsoft Outlook. Users should be wary of the following text contained in the message: "Peace between America and Islam!". We urge users to immediately update their...
September 21, 2001Kaspersky Labs offers free Defense thwarting "Nimda"
September 20, 2001<p>The reverberations of last week's horrific and vicious attacks on the United States have rippled throughout the world, and will undoubtedly remain indelible in everyone's memory.</p>
September 19, 2001<p>A global epidemic of the network worm "Nimda" has been reported</p>
September 19, 2001 This is a virus-worm that spreads via the Internet attached to infected e-mails, and copies itself to shared directories over a local network, and also attacks vulnerable IIS machines (Web sites). The worm itself is a Windows PE EXE file about 57Kb...
September 8, 2001 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, reports the discovery of "Blue Code" - a new malicious program, which attacks remote Web servers operating on Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) platform. At the moment,...
September 7, 2001 Today, the server is the heart of every modern corporate network. All of a company's important information is stored here, and the effective operation of the company depends on this information's security. In addition to this, the mass spreading of...
September 4, 2001 The first malicious code utilizing Desktop Themes files has been detected Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of the Internet worm "Lara": the first malicious program that spreads in Desktop...
September 4, 2001 A new variant of the Magistr virus has been detected Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, warns users about the detection of the new variant of the dangerous "Magistr" virus. Kaspersky Labs has already received several...
August 31, 2001 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of the new polymorphic Internet worm, "Cuerpo." KL has already received several reports of infections perpetrated by this malicious program. It is important...
August 27, 2001 Kaspersky Labs announces the beta release of Kaspersky<sup>TM</sup> Anti-Virus for SMTP gateways Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the beta release of the popular Kaspersky Anti-Virus for SMTP...
August 24, 2001 A system administrator's personal experience The popular American Internet resource BSDatwork.COM has published a detailed survey of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for FreeBSD, based on personal use of the product by a person, who is both a system...
August 21, 2001 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer and Russia's largest Internet-Holding, Rambler, have teamed up to provide a new online service on the Rambler.ru portal base called Rambler Anti-Virus...
August 20, 2001 Infections by the Internet worm "Newpic" have been registered Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the registration of computer infections by the Internet worm "Newpic," which are spreading via the popular MSN...
August 17, 2001 The latest about computer viruses could be at your Web-site visitors' finger-tips Do you want to "unveil" your Web site and attract the most visitors as possible? The best way of achieving this is to make your site interesting, and what interests...
August 10, 2001 A breach in the Cisco equipment system security is detected, with IBM and Xerox also under suspicion The world's largest telecommunications equipment producer, Cisco, has released the following information stating that the CodeRed Internet worm...
August 10, 2001 SANS makes its "recommendation" for getting rid of CodeRed II - We don't agree The uproar surrounding the CodeRed Internet worm and its variants continues to generate new and sometimes confusing rumors and opinions. On the 7th of August, SANS, the...