Press Releases
27 February 2001 Kaspersky Lab sends out a warning about the new modification of the LoveLetter worm Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 27, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security, software-development company, warns computer users about the possible...
27 February 2001 Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 27, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, announces the discovery of a new worm "Mandragore" spreading across the popular Gnutella file exchange network that uses the...
13 February 2001 But not those using Kaspersky Anti-Virus Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 13, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software development company, reports the discovery "in the wild" of the new modification of the "Lee" worm going...
8 February 2001 Cambridge, UK, February 8, 2001 - With Valentine's Day fast approaching, many users from around the world have been inundated by warnings from some anti-virus vendors regarding the threat of a new strain of the ILOVEYOU virus. Kaspersky Lab would...
26 January 2001 Kaspersky Anti-virus repels all infections! As reported by the Japanese information agency Nikkei Business Publications (NBP) (http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/121743), during the period of December 17-19, 2000,...
25 January 2001 The world's first Linux Internet-worm has been reported "in-the-wild" Cambridge, UK, January 25, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company, warns users about the real threat posed by the Ramen Internet-worm....
19 January 2001 Cambridge, UK, January 19, 2001 - Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, reports the discovery of a new Internet-worm that attacks computers with the Red Hat Linux operating system installed. As was emphasized in...
16 January 2001 The truth about the recently discovered Internet-worm Cambridge, UK, January 16, 2001 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international data-security software-development company, during the past few days, has received many requests from customers regarding...
14 December 2000 But not for those using Kaspersky Anti-Virus! On Wednesday, 13 December, Kaspersky Labs Int. received more than 500 reports from around the world concerning computer data loss caused by the re-activation of the macro-virus "Thus." We are happy to...
1 December 2000 Cambridge, UK, December 1, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international data-security software-development company, announces the discovery of a new Internet-worm, "Prolin," that has been developed by an unknown hacker going by the pseudonym of "The...
22 November 2000 At the beginning of this week, several information agencies published a press release issued by GFI, a Malta-based Internet software vendor, claiming that the company has discovered a hazardous new virus called Romeo&Juliet, which is being...
17 November 2000 Extraordinary simultaneous activity of several dangerous Internet-worms has been detected Cambridge, UK, November 17, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international data-security software-development company, warns users of the notable activity of...
13 November 2000 New dangerous versions of the virus have been detected "in the wild" Cambridge, UK, November 13, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international data-security software-development company, warns users of the discovery of Hybris, a new Internet-worm....
30 October 2000 Cambridge, UK, October 30, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software-development company, warns users of the discovery of Sonic, a new Internet-worm. This worm was discovered in France and Germany in the morning on 30 October...
28 October 2000 Kaspersky Labs Int. comments on the recent virus incident Cambridge, UK, October 28, 2000 - As disclosed on Friday, the corporate network of Microsoft, the world's largest software developer, was attacked by unknown hackers. The hackers used the QAZ...
25 October 2000 A Dangerous Monster Can Hide Within Harmless Files Cambridge, UK, October 25, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software development company, considers it necessary to draw users' attention to a threat that programs with a PIF...
13 October 2000 The European centre for IT security "Secusys" comments on the rapidity of anti-virus companies' response to new virus attacks Cambridge, UK, October 13, 2000 - On 10 October, Kaspersky Labs Int. received several reports from France about the...
6 October 2000 <h4><i>A study-guide on how to detect a virus hoax yourself</i></h4> <p>It is difficult to imagine anybody today who does not treat computer viruses as a real threat to a regularly functioning computer system. However,...
26 September 2000 Why are some of the remote administration programs being called "backdoors"? As you know, one of the most frequently occurring malicious programs is a "Trojan horse." Just like their ancient namesake, "Trojan horses" intrude into PCs under the...
21 September 2000 On 19 August, Sun Microsystems and some of its partners announced the shipment of Mobile Information Device (MID) standard, based on the Java programming language (Java<sup>TM</sup> 2 Platform Micro Edition - J2ME) for use on mobile...
16 September 2000 Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, reports the detection of another Internet-worm "I-Worm.Funny". The virus has been reported to be "in-the-wild" in Switzerland. General Characteristics This is an Internet worm written...
11 September 2000 Kaspersky Labs Int. is solving the problem of ADS NTFS viruses On September 4, 2000, Kaspersky Labs Int. released a warning about the appearance of the W2K.Stream virus; the first known malicious code, which uses the alternate data streams (ADS) of...
4 September 2000 <p><b>Moscow, Russia, September 4, 2000</b> - Kaspersky Lab, an international anti-virus software development company, announces the discovery of <b>W2K.Stream</b> virus, which represents a new generation of malicious...
31 August 2000 <p><b>Moscow, Russia, August 31, 2000</b> - Because of the numerous user requests regarding the discovery of the first true wireless virus for mobile phones, Kaspersky Lab, an international anti-virus software development company,...