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February 2, 2000AVP receives its 11th Virus Bulletin 100% award
January 28, 2000AVP was named "Product of the Year" by French computer magazine Windows News
January 27, 2000 Ex-Dr Solomon's senior managers bring in Russian anti-virus Product to the UK corporate market Oxford Solutions Limited (OSL), a new company specialising in internet security products, has been launched by two former Dr Solomon's senior managers....
January 4, 2000 Cambridge, UK, January 4, 2000 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, informs that computer virus problem, associated with the transition to the year 2000, does not pose real danger and currently is under full control....
December 17, 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...
December 16, 1999 Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor announces the beginning of a special new world-wide support programme aimed at increasing readiness for possible virus attacks during Christmas and the New Year celebration. "We don't...
December 8, 1999 Cambridge, UK, December 8, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, announces the release of it's flagship anti-virus product AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) for BSDi Unix operating system. "The extreme tasks such...
December 7, 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,...
December 6, 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....
December 1, 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...
December 1, 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...
November 26, 1999 It's time for safe e-mailing Cambridge, UK, November 26, 1999 -- Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing, international, anti-virus software development company, announced the release of AVP for mail servers, operating under MS Exchange Server....
November 25, 1999 The world's first Linux-based rescue disc is on the way Cambridge, UK, November 25, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the public release of the first commercial version of AVP...
November 11, 1999 Cambridge, UK, November 11, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software company, reports the discovery of a new Windows virus with a great potential for spreading across corporate networks. Win32.FunLove has been found...
November 10, 1999 The antidote is already discovered Cambridge, UK, November 10, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, reports the discovery of a new generation of Internet-based malicious code that constitute a real danger to all...
November 2, 1999 A gift for 10th anniversary of AVP Cambridge, UK, November 1, 1999 - An authoritative British magazine for computer viruses countermeasures Virus Bulletin published the results of the following comparative tests. AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) from...
October 26, 1999 Cambridge, UK, October 26, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the discovery of the first macro virus Macro.Office.Corner able to infect MS Project files. Corner is a...
October 15, 1999 Cambridge, UK, October 15, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, has received numerous queries from computer users with requests to clarify the situation related to Y2K virus threat, initiated by some anti-virus...
November 4, 1998 New computer virus is written in Windows command language! Will it be the real nightmare for users of the Internet? The last week of October 1998 brought a real surprise in the computer world. Kaspersky Labs Int. experts detected a computer virus...