Press Releases
28 January 2004Kaspersky Labs , a leading information security software developer has detected a new version of Mydoom, the latest Internet worm - Mydoom.b
19 January 2004Kaspersky Labs, a leading information security software developer is warning users about I-Worm.Bagle, a new Internet worm detected in the wild. The worm spreads via email with a random sender address. Kaspersky Labs has...
8 January 2004 December's top twenty most wide-spread malicious programs shows the return of the macro-viruses Saver and Thus, and the Windows file virus FunLove.4070. These viruses put an end to the trend of network worms dominating over viruses. This, together...
22 December 2003 Kaspersky Labs presents Rapid Virus Response - a new technology for updating anti-virus databases. Kaspersky Labs, a leading information security software developer, presents Rapid Virus Response. This new technology enables the user to...
21 December 2003 Kaspersky Labs, a leading international information security software developer warns all computer users that a new modification of Sober has been detected - <i>Sober.c</i>. We have received reports of computers infected by this...
19 December 2003 Kaspersky Labs, a leading information security software developer, presents the annual review of malicious programs. The material below contains information about major virus outbreaks which occurred in 2003, expert opinion about malicious program...
1 December 2003Kaspersky Labs presents the Virus Top Twenty for the month of November 2003 Position Change Name Percentage by Occurrance 1 New I-Worm.Mimail.c 34.57% 2 New I-Worm.Mimail.g 15.16% 3 - 2 I-Worm.Swen 13.01% 4 + 2 I-Worm.Sober...
14 November 2003 Kaspersky Labs has detected Mimail.i, a new version of the Mimail Internet worm in the wild. Like its predecessors, the latest version of Mimail spreads as an email attachment named paypal.asp.scr. The sender address is fake and appears as...
14 November 2003 Kaspersky Labs has detected a new version of the Mimail Internet worm in the wild. Preliminary investigations suggest that the Mimail.i worm could pose a signinficant threat. Like it's predecessors, the latest version of Mimail spreads as an email...
31 October 2003 Kaspersky Labs, a leading data security software developer, reports the detection of Mimail.c - a new modification of the infamous network worm, Mimail. There have been numerous registered reports of infection from this malicious program. Mimail.c...
28 October 2003 A new Internet worm lavishes praise on the author of Sobig while masquerading as anti-virus software Kaspersky Labs, a leading expert in data security software development, warns about the start of a virus epidemic from the Sober Internet worm....
1 October 2003Kaspersky Labs presents the twenty most widespread viruses for September 2003
26 September 2003 After the shock and horror of September 11, 2001 the U.S.A. decided to fortify its borders with the passage of the Patriot Act. One aspect of the Patriot Act was to upgrade the State Department's Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS), which...
18 September 2003 Kaspersky Labs, a leading information security expert, announces the detection of the network worm, I-Worm.Swen. This malicious program spreads via email, the Kazaa file sharing network and IRC channels. Infected messages appear to have been sent...
27 August 2003 Kaspersky Labs, a leading information security expert, reports the detection of the very first virus to infect MapInfo (one of the most popular programs for cartographic and geographic analysis) tables. The MBA.First virus is activated when infected...
22 August 2003 Kaspersky Labs, an international data security software developer, is supplying computer users with a free-of-charge utility that neutralizes both the "Sobig.f" and "Welchia" network worms. The removal tool detects active worm copies of either virus...