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June 26, 2000 In its upcoming issue (#44), one of the most prestigious computer oriented magazines in Spain "Computer Hoy" has performed a comparative test of six of the most popular anti-virus software programmes available in Spain. According to the results,...
June 20, 2000 Kaspersky Labs Int., the Russian leader in the development of anti-virus safety systems, reports the detection of the latest Internet worm "in the wild" known as "I-Worm.Scrapworm (VBS/Stages)", spreading itself basically via e-mail with the help of...
June 13, 2000 Kaspersky Lab�s prediction came true! Back in 1998, the last week of October brought a real surprise in the computer world. Kaspersky Labs Int. anti-virus research team detected "WinScript.Rabbit" - a computer virus using new methods of...
June 12, 2000 How the Virus Attacks Mobile Phones? What is Timofonica? What is SMS-Messages and SMS-Gate? Is it Possible for this Virus to Infect My Mobile Phone. How Big of a Problem are Wireless Viruses for Wireless Operators? Is this Related to the ILoveYou...
June 6, 2000 Kaspersky Labs Int. reports the appearance of a new virus "I-Worm.Timofonica," which spams MOBILE PHONES. Cambridge, UK, June 6, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the...
June 5, 2000 Kaspersky Labs Int. offers a unique protection against script-viruses for FREE! According to the virus prevalence table published in the June issue of the British "Virus Bulletin" magazine - one of the most authoritative publications for computer...
May 30, 2000 Cambridge, UK, May 30, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the discovery of the new Internet-worm FireBurn "in-the-wild," which is a new variation of the infamous ILOVEYOU...
May 28, 2000 This is one more variant of "Melissa" virus with very dangerous payload routine and unlimited (by number of recipients) mailing routine. The virus only sends infected messages by using MS Outlook and does not infect any other files on the computer,...
May 26, 2000 Please, update your AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) anti-virus database Cambridge, UK, May 26, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, reports the discovery of a new dangerous Melissa-style virus...
May 19, 2000 Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AVP) detects it without any update! Cambridge, UK, May 19, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the discovery of a new extremely dangerous variation of the...
May 15, 2000 The most popular Spanish computer magazine PC ACTUAL published the results of an extensive comparison of 30 anti-virus products from all over the world. According to the summary, AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) was rated as one of the best and...
May 12, 2000 In issue #165, May 2000, the Spanish Edition of PC World (www.idg.es/pcworld/) published the results of a comparative test of the most popular anti-virus products in Spain. According to the aggregate indicator the absolute winner was Kaspersky Lab...
May 10, 2000 "LoveLetters" are no longer a threat to your computers and networks Cambridge, UK, May 10, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the release of AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) Script...
May 10, 2000 "LoveLetter" worm: how it happened? The number of "declarations of love" at the beginning of May 2000 exceeded the most optimistic forecasts and currently is at least three times more than the average statistic figures. Everybody was declaring...
May 5, 2000 Two more variants of a popular worm appeared. Cambridge, UK, May 5, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, warned yesterday about the discovery of the new dangerous worm named...
May 4, 2000 Don't use the computer to find the answer. Cambridge, UK, May 4, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, warns about the discovery of the new dangerous worm named I-Worm.LoveLetter. The worm...
April 28, 2000 Cambridge, UK, April 28, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the release of AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) (beta-version) for Qmail gateways operating under Linux and FreeBSD. AVP...
April 28, 2000 For the third time the "Chernobyl" virus confirmed that anti-virus protection is a must. As mentioned in the warning Kaspersky Labs Int. issued on April 20, the "Chernobyl" virus (also known as Win95.CIH) made its third impact on computer users. The...
April 27, 2000 Cambridge, UK, April 27, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the release of a new improved version of its unique anti-virus product AVP Inspector, which is based on principles...
April 27, 2000 Detection for this worm has been added to AVP anti-virus database... 1 MONTH AGO! Cambridge, UK, April 27, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, alerts users about the epidemic of a new...
April 26, 2000 The "Smash" virus will try to destroy your hard drive! Cambridge, UK, April 26, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the discovery of a new extremely dangerous Windows virus...
April 25, 2000 Cambridge, UK, April 25, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces that its flagship anti-virus product has won the anti-virus comparative test conducted by prestigious German...
April 24, 2000 Cambridge, UK, April 24, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the discovery of a new computer virus Win32.Santana, which has been distributed via the Internet and e-mail under...
April 24, 2000 Cambridge, UK, April 24, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announced that its flagship anti-virus product AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) has received the Commended award in the category...