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22 March 2002Kaspersky Labs, a leading international data-security software developer, reports the detection of the Internet-worm known as I-Worm.Cervivec. Cervivec is an Internet worm virus spreading via the Internet as an email attachment.
14 March 2002Kaspersky Labs, a leading international data-security software developer, reports the detection of the Internet-worm known as I-Worm.Zircon.c. At this time it is known that infections from this dangerous virus have occurred in several countries.
14 March 2002 Kaspersky Labs, a leading international data-security software developer, reports the detection of a new version of the Internet-worm known as Zircon. Zircon.c, which is distinct from two previous forms, has achieved wide distribution across the...
5 March 2002 Kaspersky Labs victorious in user survey The popular Russian magazine "Personal Computer World" has published the results of their 9th annual user survey conducted to reveal the best products on the Russian computer market. The voting results show...
1 March 2002Kaspersky Lab presents the Virus Top Twenty for February 2002. In order to read about each virus in detail, simply click on the respective virus' name.
19 February 2002 Cast a vote for your favorite anti-virus, Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Kaspersky Lab invites you to show your support for Kaspersky Anti-Virus in its nomination in the category of "Best Anti-Virus Product." Voting takes place at the site of the...
19 February 2002 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of the new, highly dangerous Internet worm "<b><font color="630000">Yarner</font></b>" that disguises itself as the anti-virus program...
19 February 2002Kaspersky Labs invites you to visit our stand, #G09 in pavilion 6, at the world's largest IT event, CeBIT-2002, taking place from March 13-20 in Hannover, Germany.
14 February 2002 Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of a new Internet worm going by the name of "CoolNow" that infects computers upon visiting malicious Web-sites and spreads using the popular MSN Messenger...
8 February 2002Kaspersky Labs has released a special utility. In connection with the numerous instances of infection caused by the latest modification of the Internet worm
1 February 2002Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro takes part in tests conducted by two popular Italian magazines
1 February 2002The latest monthly installment of the Kaspersky Virus Top 20 is here. To find out more details about each virus, simply click on the links below.
11 January 2002 Kaspersky Labs announces the release of the latest update to the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database, offering a new line of features, amongst which are: The world's first-embedded, second-generation heuristic analyzer that searches for unknown network...
9 January 2002 The first malicious program infecting SWF files has been detected Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, reports the detection of a virus, SWScript.LFM, which is the first malicious program that infects the popular...
8 January 2002 The international computer magazine SC Magazine recommends Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Exchange 2000 Server SC Magazine (www.scmagazine.com), one of the most well respected computer magazines specializing in problems concerning information safety,...
3 January 2002 position virus percentage by occurrence 1 I-Worm.BadtransII 40.8% 2 I-Worm.Sircam 15.6% 3 I-Worm.Hybris 6.4% 4 I-Worm.Aliz 3.1% 5 I-Worm.Nimda 2.7% 6 I-Worm.Magistr 2.3% 7 Trojan.PSW.GIP 2.0% 8 I-Worm.Happytime 0.5% 9 JS.Trojan.Seeker 0.4% 10...
3 January 2002The latest monthly installment of the Kaspersky Virus Top 20 is here. To find out more details about each virus, simply click on the links below.
25 December 2001 Kaspersky Labs presents a year-end review of events taking place in anti-virus safety2001 saw anti-virus companies achieve many definitive successes in the area of new anti-virus development, as well as the perfecting of already existing defense...