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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...
16 October 2002 At the end of September, in one of the People's Republic of China's technology capitals, the city of Tianjin, took place the large yearly national conference devoted to the computer virus threat and the development of effective methods of defense....
11 October 2002 Kaspersky Labs announces the release of its regularly scheduled cumulative update (Oct. 11, 2002): new functions for handling the CAB archive format improved procedure for handling Inno and BZIP archives improved procedure for handling the following...
10 October 2002 Kaspersky Labs announces the release of Maintenance Pack 4 for the Kaspersky Anti-Virus product family (Russian and English versions): Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal (versions 4.0.6.0, 4.0.7.0) Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro (versions 4.0.6.0,...
10 October 2002 The Internet worm "Fleming" has been detected stealing registration information from computer games. Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of a multi-component malicious program spreading itself...
7 October 2002 In connection with the numerous infections the world over at the hands of the Tanatos and Opasoft Internet worms, Kaspersky Labs has developed a free-of-charge utility for detecting and deleting these malicious programs. The utility can be...
7 October 2002 Kaspersky Anti-Virus Lite is designed to defend against viruses and was built specifically to provide novices with a reliable defense of home computers with the maximum operating simplicity and convenience. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Lite is the...
3 October 2002 How should you protect your computer? As was reported on October 1st, the Internet suffered a new epidemic courtesy of the 'Opasoft' worm, which aggressively asserted itself as one of the three most widespread malicious programs by recording...
2 October 2002 Kaspersky Labs presents the Virus Top 20 for the month of September. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. I-Worm.Klez 72.93 I-Worm.Lentin 23.62 Win95.CIH 0.27 Trojan.Win32.Filecoder 0.17 Macro.Word97.Thus 0.13...
1 October 2002 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the emergence of already the second virus epidemic this week. This time, the multi-component program "Opasoft", combines the characteristics of a network worm and a Trojan...
1 October 2002 A new multi-component virus gathers steam. Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of a new Internet worm called Tanatos, which is currently spreading via email and is busy hijacking confidential...
30 September 2002 Maintenance Pack 1 contains additional functionality for Kaspersky Anti-Virus for MS Exchange Server (version 4.2), and prevents attacks on protected systems via the system security vulnerability associated with message fragmentation and reassembly...
25 September 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...
18 September 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...
14 September 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...
10 September 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...
5 September 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...
2 September 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...
30 August 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...
28 August 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)...