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News According to figures provided by anti-virus firm Kaspersky Labs, Badtrans accounted for almost nine out of 10 reported viruses in December. The virulent Badtrans worm has trounced the other viruses to take the number one... [04 Jan 2002]
Spooks' spying software cracked
News Russian anti-virus vendor Kaspersky labs has re-awakened the debate surrounding the FBI's Magic Lantern virus, claiming it will ensure its software can detect the trojan. Kaspersky said the existence of... [13 Dec 2001]
December 2001 top 10 virus list
News 1. I-Worm.BadtransII (Badtrans) 87.4% Trojan.PSW.Gip 2.5% I-Worm.Hybris (Hybris) 2.3% I-Worm.Sircam (Sircam) 1.4% I-Worm.Magistr (Magistr) 1.1% I-Worm.Aliz (Aliz) 0.9% I-Worm.Nimda (Nimda) 0.6% Trojan.PSW.Hooker 0.5% [01 Dec 2001]
Virus top ten: SirCam storms in at number one
News According to Kaspersky Labs, Nimda doesn't even make it into the top ten of viruses, coming in at 14th. Below is the full list of October's widespread viruses, according to Kaspersky Labs: The SirCam... [02 Nov 2001]
Code Blue strikes
News However, according to security firm Kaspersky Labs it then reproduces itself 100 times - to servers infected and non-infected by Code Red alike - with the ultimate aim of producing a DDoS on the website of Chinese... [12 Sep 2001]
Magistr.b hits the screen
News Virus specialists Kaspersky Labs have warned that the new version, Magistr.b uses a reworked code of the original virus, which anti virus solutions cannot yet trace. Kaspersky Labs also warned today of... [05 Sep 2001]
Network Associates sparks patent row over virus updates
News This is despite the fact the practice of updating virus applications over the internet is a core part of the service of every major anti-virus vendor including Kaspersky Labs, Sophos, Symantec and Trend Micro. [03 Sep 2001]
SirCam worm still causing chaos
News Both Sophos and Kaspersky Labs have dubbed SirCam one of the fastest spreading malicious programs of the year. 1,000 UK companies have been hit by the SirCam virus, leading anti-virus companies to increase their warnings. [24 Jul 2001]
Trojan horse carries away internet secrets
News Kaspersky Labs has detected several instances of the Trojan in the wild. Kaspersky Labs recommends downloading a MS Word patch from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-028.asp ). A... [15 Jun 2001]
Worm has turned on Linux community
News According to Kaspersky Lab, Ramen exploits known faults in the Red Hat Linux OS - faults for which patches do exist. This makes Ramen the first ever Linux-based worm to be reported outside of the laboratory environment. [24 Jan 2001]
Virus crisis: 2001 will beat this year for attacks
News Denis Zenkin, head of corporate communications at Kaspersky Lab, said: "About 85 per cent of all virus attacks that were reported to us were performed via email. According to an end of year report by MessageLabs, an ASP... [14 Dec 2000]
Virus Alert: Prolin worm on the prowl
News Prolin was created by an unknown hacker, using the pseudonym 'The Penguin' which Kasperksy believes identifies the author of the virus as a pro-Linux campaigner. Prolin spreads using a .exe entitled 'creative' masquerading as a Shockwave... [04 Dec 2000]
Kapersky Lab offers daily virus updates
News Russian security specialist, Kaspersky Lab, is to offer daily virus updates to users of its AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) from 20 March. Kaspersky claims it is one of the first companies in the anti-virus... [17 Mar 2000]
First NT system driver virus found in the wild
News Russian anti-virus company, Kaspersky Lab, has discovered what it claims is the world's first known virus to act as a Windows NT system driver. The virus - known as Infis - infects the highest security level of the... [11 Oct 1999]
