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20 June 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...
13 June 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...
12 June 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...
6 June 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...
5 June 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...
30 May 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...
28 May 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,...
26 May 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...
19 May 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...
10 May 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...
10 May 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...
5 May 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...
4 May 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...
28 April 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...
28 April 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...
27 April 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...
27 April 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...
26 April 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...
24 April 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...
20 April 2000 The right time to check your computers for "Chernobyl" virus Cambridge, UK, April 20, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, informs computer users that on April 26 a variation of the virus,...
6 April 2000 The International Journal of Computer Security May 2000 AntiViral Toolkit Pro For With its archive scanning switched on, AntiViral Toolkit Pro has been the only anti-virus solution to provide 100 per cent detection in our compression test. Against...
5 April 2000 Marylebone Media Relations will be representing Kaspersky Lab in British mass media Cambridge, UK, April 5, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, appointed a leading British PR agency...
4 April 2000 Cambridge, UK, April 4, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, inform that their flagship anti-virus product AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) has received Anti-Virus Checkmark Level 2...
3 April 2000 A new dangerous worm calls �911' and destroys data on your PC! Cambridge, UK, April 3, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, warns about the discovery of a new set of network worms from the...