Press Releases
29 June 2000 Much Ado About Nothing Cambridge, UK, June 29, 2000 - "Simpsons" is a primitive Trojan horse BAT-program written in DOS command language. It has been reported "in-the-wild" and is intentionally distributed via e-mail by some malevolent person. The...
28 June 2000 Cambridge, UK, June 28, 2000 - Recently the problem of anti-virus protection for computerised home appliances, mobile phones, and handheld computing devices has become one of the most discussed topics in the computer press, At IT conferences, and...
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...
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...
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 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 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,...
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...
10 March 2000 Kaspersky Lab recommends to update your AVP anti-virus database Cambridge, UK, March 10, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, warns about the discovery of a new Internet-worm I-Worm.Melting. The worm has been...
17 December 1999 Kaspersky Labs Int. warns computer users about the discovery of new Internet worm I-Worm.NewApt. The worm has been reported in-the-wild in many countries of Europe, America and Asia. We recommend all AVP users to download and install a weekly update...
7 December 1999 Please, update your AVP anti-virus database Kaspersky Labs Int., announces the discovery of Win95.Babylonia virus, which features capabilities of Internet-worm and "Trojan horse" program. The virus has been reported "in-the-wild" in United States,...
6 December 1999 New Melissa-style Internet-worm Cambridge, UK, December 6, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor warns computer uses against a danger of infection with recently discovered Melissa-style Internet-worm I-Worm.MyPics....
1 December 1999 Reincarnation of a deadly worm Cambridge, UK, December 1, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, announces the discovery of a new variation of infamous ZippedFiles Internet Worm, which became sadly known earlier in...
1 December 1999 The worm reported "in-the-wild" Cambridge, UK, December 1, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, announces the discovery of the BubbleBoy Internet worm "in-the-wild". The worm previously existed in "zoo" virus...