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Kaspersky Lab
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer software
Founded1997
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
ProductsSecurity
Revenue644,000,000 United States dollar (2016) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
3,600 (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
WebsiteKaspersky.com
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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 in 1997, offering antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and anti-intrusion products. 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.

According to AV-Comparatives, Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly known as AntiViral Toolkit Pro) rates highly amongst virus scanners in terms of detection rates. In 2006 Kaspersky Anti-Virus was ranked second, and was the recipient of the TopTenReviews Gold Award. 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.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ "Anti-Virus Personal 5.0 (Full Product)". PC World Magazine. 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2007-02-02.