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25 January 2003 This is extremely small (just 376 bytes) Internet worm that affects Microsoft SQL servers. To get into victim machine the worm uses buffer overrun vulnerability (see below). When the worm code gets into vulnerable SQL server it gets control (by...
9 January 2003Kaspersky Labs presents the Virus Top 20 for the month of December. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. position virus percentage by occurrence 1 I-Worm.Klez 24.7% 2 I-Worm.Lentin...
8 January 2003 As it opens offices in Sophia Antipolis to provide dedicated services to local customers and develop business opportunities, the leading data security solutions specialist chooses Médiasoft to promote its French PR program Kaspersky Labs,...
11 December 2002 Customer Profile Reddish Vale (www.reddish.stockport.sch.uk) is a UK-based, comprehensive Technology College, educating over 1450 pupils in the 11-16-age range. The College is heavily focused on IT and in 2001 reached the third phase of its...
6 December 2002 Kaspersky Labs broadens its line of information security products. Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the release of the fully functional personal firewall - Kaspersky® Anti-Hacker, designed to...
6 December 2002 Customer profile The Mill (www.mill.co.uk) is an international London-based company established in 1990. The Mill brand is now synonymous with high quality award-winning visual effects for commercials and films. The group provides a unique range of...
3 December 2002 Kaspersky Labs presents the Virus Top 20 for the month of November. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. position virus percentage by occurrence I-Worm.Lentin 27,7 I-Worm.Klez.h 23,4 I-Worm.Tanatos 3,2...
29 November 2002 Customer's profile The I.NET Group is Italy's market-leading Application Infrastructure Provider (AIP). Through its own Internet Protocol network and Web Farm network, it delivers managed connectivity, housing and value-added infrastructure services...
27 November 2002 Kaspersky Labs is warning all users against the new Internet worm "Winevar" (also known as "Korean Worm"). This malicious program was detected last week and was added to the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database. It has only been during today that we have...
25 November 2002 Customer's profile Stemcor Holdings Stemcor Limited (www.stemcor.com) is an independent London-based company operating on the market of the international distribution of steel. Stemcor's worldwide network of offices provides services for all aspects...
25 November 2002 Have fun buying! Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, invites users to take part in a virtual battle against viruses and win discounts towards the purchase of Kaspersky Anti-Virus Solutions. The game "Virus Hunter" can...
21 November 2002 Kaspersky Labs announces the launch of the beta version of Kaspersky Security for PDA 4.0 and invites all interested to take part in the public beta testing of this product. Kaspersky® Security for PDA is a protection system designed to...
20 November 2002 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the expansion of its regional office network with the opening of an office in Sophia Antipolis, France. The French market is one of Kaspersky Labs' key areas of...
15 November 2002 Kaspersky Labs offers an additional service for customers in the U.S. Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces an enhancement to the services offered to its customers in the U.S. In addition to the traditional...
8 November 2002Kaspersky Labs informs users that on the night the November 7th there was a massive attack against the company's Web server. The attack resulted in a group of hackers sending the subscribers of the Kaspersky Labs e-mail newsletter a message...
7 November 2002 Kaspersky Labs, an international data security software developer, reports the appearance of a new network worm named "Roron", constructed in Bulgaria. Presently six variations of the worm have already been detected and have been credited with...
6 November 2002 Kaspersky Labs brings attention to the spread of a rumor among Internet users regarding a new computer virus that infects mobile telephones and renders them junk. The message being sent around looks as follows: If you receive a phone call and your...
1 November 2002 Kaspersky Labs presents the Virus Top 20 for the month of October. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. 1 I-Worm.Tanatos 44.9% 2 I-Worm.Lentin 21.6% 3 I-Worm.Klez 14% 4 Macro.Word97.Thus 3.1% 5 I-Worm.Hybris 1.1%...
21 October 2002 :though not for users of Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of a new modification of the network worm 'Opasoft' (also known as 'Opaserv' and 'Brasil'). Kaspersky Labs has...
17 October 2002 Network Worms I-Worm.Chet I-Worm.Gismor I-Worm.Pepex Worm.P2P.Relmony Windows Viruses Win32.Ramlide Win32.Porex Linux Viruses Linux.Gildo Trojan Programs Backdoor.Cabrotor Trojan.Spy.GreenScreen Macro Viruses Macro.Word97.Nori Virus Constructors...
16 October 2002 Kaspersky Labs recommends computer users urgently install patch to defend against "Netdex". Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, reports the detection of the Trojan horse 'Netdex', which exploits a vulnerability in the...