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KASPERSKY LAB
Kaspersky Lab is an internationally renowned company that creates software products to protect computers against
viruses, malware, spam, network and hacker attacks, and other threats.
In 2008, Kaspersky Lab was rated among the world’s top four leading vendors of information security software solutions
for end users (IDC Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor). According to a COMCON survey entitled TGI-
Russia 2009, Kaspersky Lab is the preferred developer of computer protection systems among home users in Russia.
Kaspersky Lab was founded in Russia in 1997. Today, Kaspersky Lab is an international group of companies
headquartered in Moscow with five regional divisions that manage the company's activity in Russia, Western and Eastern
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and South America, Japan, China, and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
The company employs more than 2000 qualified specialists.
Products. Kaspersky Lab’s products provide protection for all systems—from home computers to large corporate
networks.
The personal product range includes anti-virus applications for desktop, laptop and pocket computers, and for
smartphones and other mobile devices.
The company delivers applications and services to protect workstations, file and web servers, mail gateways, and
firewalls. Used in conjunction with Kaspersky Lab’s centralized management system, these solutions ensure effective
automated protection for companies and organizations against computer threats. Kaspersky Lab's products are certified
by the major test laboratories, are compatible with the software of many suppliers of computer applications, and are
optimized to run on many hardware platforms.
Kaspersky Lab’s virus analysts work around the clock. Every day they uncover hundreds of new computer threats, create
tools to detect and disinfect them, and include them in the databases used by Kaspersky Lab applications. Kaspersky
Lab's Anti-Virus database is updated hourly; and the Anti-Spam database every five minutes.
Technologies. Many technologies that are now part and parcel of modern anti-virus tools were originally developed by
Kaspersky Lab. It is no coincidence that many other developers user the Kaspersky Anti-Virus kernel in their products,
including: Safenet (USA), Alt-N (USA), Blue Coat (USA), Check Point (Israel), Clearswift (UK), Communigate Systems
(USA), Critical Path (Ireland), D-Link (Taiwan), Finjan (USA), GFI (Malta), IBM (USA), Juniper (USA), LANDesk (USA),
Microsoft (USA), Netasq (France), Netgear (USA), Parallels (Russia), Sonicwall (USA), WatchGuard (USA), ZyXEL
(Taiwan). Many of the company’s innovative technologies are patented.
Achievements. Over the years, Kaspersky Lab has won hundreds of awards for its services in combating computer
threats. For example, in 2010 Kaspersky Anti-Virus received the top Advanced+ award in a test carried out by AV-
Comparatives, a respected Austrian anti-virus laboratory. But Kaspersky Lab's main achievement is the loyalty of its
users worldwide. The company’s products and technologies protect more than 300 million users, and its corporate
clients number more than 200,000.
Kaspersky Lab’s website:
http://www.kaspersky.com
Virus Encyclopedia:
http://www.securelist.com
Anti-Virus Lab:
[e-mail]
(only for sending suspicious files in archive format)
http://support.kaspersky.ru/virlab/helpdesk.html?LANG=en
(for queries addressed to virus analysts)
Kaspersky Lab's web forum:
http://forum.kaspersky.com