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May 21, 2001 As Kaspersky Lab reported earlier last week, the virus hoax SULFNBK has been making the rounds as also witnessed by other anti-virus developers sending out a warning beacon. It is necessary to convince users that this type of virus does not actually...
May 18, 2001 Kaspersky Labs exposes a large-scale Internet defrauding scheme Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns users about the detection of the new, exceptionally dangerous Trojan, "Eurosol." This Trojan steals a...
May 17, 2001 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns users about the detection of the latest Internet worm, "Mawanella", that was created by someone utilizing the virus writing kit VBS Worm Generator, which is better...
May 14, 2001 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns users about the detection of the new Internet-worm going by the "solid" name of VBS.Hard. Our technical support department has already received several reports from...
May 10, 2001 Kaspersky Labs-an international data-security software-development company-as a result of many reports surrounding the detection of and mass infection by the Visual Basic Script worm "Homepage" around the world, reports that within the past few...
May 3, 2001 In the April issue (No. 129) of PC Actual (www.pc-actual.com), one of the most popular Spanish computer magazines, the results of the publication's latest annual anti-virus product tests have been published. As a result of the tests, Kaspersky...
April 23, 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 23, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, introduces the new product line of its award-winning data-security software suite - Kaspersky® Anti-Virus. The new range...
April 23, 2001 The first harmful program spreading via the popular e-mail "The Bat!" has been detected. Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, warns users of the discovery "in the wild" of the first Internet-worm, going by the...
April 20, 2001 On April 13, Russian president Vladimir Putin met with representatives of Russia's major information technology companies in the Kremlin, with each of the ten directors presenting a report on specific segments of the industry. In particular,...
April 20, 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 20, 2001 - Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, announces the release of a fully functional version of its world-famous, award-winning Kaspersky Anti-Virus for the Palm...
April 19, 2001 Kaspersky Labs is happy to invite you to our company booth (No.670) at one of the world's most well-known data-security exhibitions - InfoSecurity Europe-2001, taking place at the Olympia National Exhibition Hall in London from the 24-26 of April....
April 18, 2001 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns computer users about the discovery "in-the-wild" of the Internet-worm "Matcher" that spreads via e-mail. "This worm s is not anything remarkable, and it does not pose...
April 12, 2001 A minor bug could cause global e-mail communications chaos Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 12, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns computer users about the discovery "in-the-wild" of the new...
April 12, 2001 Guidelines for Enterprise Wide Linux Security Predictions regarding a world epidemic of Linux-viruses have come true in the first quarter of 2001. The latest incidents caused by the Ramen Internet-worm and its numerous modifications, as well as the...
April 11, 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 11, 2001 - Recently, some anti-virus vendors have been touting the discovery of a new Internet-worm "Logic" - the first malicious code written in the Logo programming language used in a limited number of schools for...
April 11, 2001 Kaspersky Anti-Virus is victorious in tests conducted by the popular German computer magazine "Tomorrow." Cambridge, UK, April 11, 2001, Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, has been presented yet another...
April 6, 2001 Magistr follows in the footsteps of the infamous "Chernobyl" virus Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 6, 2001 - Because of the significant increase in the number of infections caused by the recently discovered "Magistr" virus, Kaspersky Labs, an...
March 23, 2001 Kaspersky Labs, a world leader in data-security software development, announces the opening of our latest site designed for German-speaking users. In order to access the site, just click here www.kaspersky.com/de. Now German speakers have the...
March 16, 2001 For the second consecutive year Kaspersky Lab's well-known, award-winning flagship product, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, has been rated "Software of the Year" by PC Magazine, one of the most respected and popular computer-related publications. Just as in...
March 14, 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 14, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns computer users about the discovery of a new extremely dangerous computer virus "Magistr," which spreads via e-mail and...
March 13, 2001 Kaspersky Lab announces the release of the new version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux (3.0 Build 135.3) New Features: Set-up program (Installer) now supports different types of Linux distributions: Red Hat Linux, Slackware Linux, Debian Linux. In...
March 12, 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 12, 2001 - As it became known on March 9, a computer hacker going by the pseudonym of [K]alamar--who belongs to a cyber-hooligans group from Argentina and is known to be the author of the script-virus generator "Vbs...
March 7, 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 7, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns computer users of the new dangerous Internet-worm "Naked" spreading via e-mail. Kaspersky Labs has already received several...
March 6, 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 6, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, introduces the beta-version of the world's first virus protection software for Postfix e-mail gateways. Since 1998, Postfix has...