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24 July 2001 Kaspersky Labs issues free software for the worm's detection and removal In only six days since its detection on July 18, the network worm "SirCam" has spread throughout the world and has convincingly seized first place amongst the most...
20 July 2001 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, informs users about the discovery of a new worm generation that is capable of Internet functioning absolutely sans using files. This type of malicious program conducts all...
19 July 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 19, 2001 - Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, announces that the latest version of its world-famous, award-winning Kaspersky Anti-Virus for the Palm operating system is now...
19 July 2001 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of the new dangerous network worm "SirCam" that spreads via e-mail and local network resources. Kaspersky Labs has received several reports of the worm being...
18 July 2001 Kaspersky Labs Continues to Concentrate its Efforts on the Corporate Market Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, announces the opening of the Corporate Solutions department with the sole purpose of delivering...
17 July 2001 Kaspersky Labs announces support for OpenBSD and Solaris operating systems, and exim e-mail gateways Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, announces the release of the latest version of the popular...
11 July 2001 An Internet Worm "Leave" Spreads in the Form of Security Patch to Windows Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software development company, warns users of the discovery of a new version of the Internet worm I-Worm.Leave that spreads as a...
14 June 2001 A Trojan program penetrates computers when reading RTF files Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, warns users about the discovery of the Trojan "Goga" that steals and sends out from infected computers user...
13 June 2001 WINDOWS VIRUSES Win32.Devir NETWORK WORMS Worm.Cheese Worm.Sadmind Worm.SadMind.b Worm.SadMind.c I-Worm.HappyTime I-Worm.Moncher I-Worm.Puron I-Worm.Hydra I-Worm.Mari WINDOWS VIRUSES Win32.Devir This is a per-process memory resident parasitic...
6 June 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, June 6, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns about the discovery of a new extremely dangerous Internet-worm "I-Worm.MsWorld". Up to date Kaspersky Lab has received just...
4 June 2001 Kaspersky Lab announces the start of its contest, open to the public, to develop the best design for our company screen saver. The competition runs through June 20, and anyone may participate. Winners will be awarded the following prizes: First...
1 June 2001 Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, and the first-rate Russian Internet holding Port.ru (www.port.ru) announce the start of a joint project to provide users of the popular public e-mail service MAIL.RU with...
31 May 2001 Making a purchase via the Internet is even easier than before! Kaspersky Lab announces the launching of a new line of Kaspersky Anti-Virus products available in our online store. At the same time, the online store now offers customers an additional...
29 May 2001 A breach in a system's safety is not the biggest threat of RTF files RTF (Rich Text Format), as presented to many users, is considered to be a so-called universal remedy against obtrusive macro-viruses and any other sort of malicious code. Numerous...
21 May 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...
18 May 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...
17 May 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...
14 May 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...
10 May 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...
23 April 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...
23 April 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...
20 April 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,...
20 April 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...
19 April 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....