Kaspersky Lab

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus, version 5.0

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus, version 6.0

Kaspersky Lab is a computer security company, co-founded by Eugene Kaspersky, offering antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and anti-intrusion products. According to AV-Comparatives, Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly known as AntiViral Toolkit Pro) rates highly amongst virus scanners in terms of detection rates. In addition, Kaspersky has passed all Virus Bulletin comparative tests since August 2003. According to PC World, Kaspersky antivirus software provides the fastest updates for new virus and security threats in the industry. The manual anti-virus scan also is not needed in order to protect the user's computer. Even when the manual virus scan is not updated, the live virus scan will always be intact, and regardless of update will protect the user's computer from all virus threats.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus engine also powers products or solutions by other security vendors, such as Juniper Networks, Sybari (now acquired by Microsoft), Netintelligence, GFI Software, F-Secure, Borderware, Frontbridge, Astaro, G-Data, Netasq and others.

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. The executive team includes Natalya Kaspersky as the CEO of the company, Eugene Buyakin - Chief Financial Officer, Daniil Kaptsan -Marketing Director and Andrei Tikhonov - Technical Director.

External links

• Kaspersky Lab Official website (international)
• Kaspersky Lab Official Forum (international)
• Kaspersky Virus Analysts' Blog
• Download Kaspersky Anti-Virus