Kaspersky Anti-Virus

Kaspersky Lab is a computer security company offering anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and anti-intrusion products. According to Virus Bulletin, Kaspersky Anti-Virus rates highly amongst virus scanners in terms of detection rates. Image File history File links Kasperskypersonal. ... Image File history File links Kasperskypersonal. ... Computer security is a field of computer science concerned with the control of risks related to computer use. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

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Founded in 1997 by Eugene Kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab is a privately held company headquartered in Moscow, Russia with regional offices in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Japan, China, Korea, USA. In 2005, Red Herring magazine listed Kaspersky among "Red Herring 100 Europe", a selection of the 100 private companies in Europe and Israel that play a leading role in innovation and technology. Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... Korea (see Names of Korea) refers to the civilization and geographical area situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, and Japan to the southeast across the Korea Strait. ... Red Herring is an Internet technology and financial news magazine, sponsor of technology business conferences and publisher of financial research papers. ...

About the founder

Eugene Kaspersky

Eugene Kaspersky received a degree in mathematics from the Moscow State University and had been working in cryptography before getting interested in computer virus research. He began studying computer malware in 1989, when the "Cascade" virus was found on his computer. It started as just a hobby, but later led him to found his own security company and focus on antivirus research. Image File history File linksMetadata Kaspersky-eugene. ... The German Lorenz cipher machine Cryptography or cryptology is a field of mathematics and computer science concerned with information security and related issues, particularly encryption. ... In computer security technology, a virus is a self-replicating/self-reproducing-automation program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. ... Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software) is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system, without the owners consent. ...

Eugene Kaspersky is now one of the world's leading experts in the information security field: he has written a large number of articles and reviews covering the problem of computer virology and speaks regularly at specialized seminars and conferences. He is one of the main contributors to security portal Viruslist.com. Information security deals with several different trust aspects of information. ... Viruslist. ...

External links

• Kaspersky Lab Official website (international)

• Kaspersky Lab UK Official website