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Kaspersky Lab
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer software
FoundedMoscow, Russia (1997)
FounderEugene Kaspersky
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Area served
Computer security
Key people
Eugene Kaspersky
Natalya Kaspersky
ProductsSecurity
RevenueUS$85.3 million Increase76% (2006)[1]
US$67.3 million Increase69% (2006)[1]
Number of employees
600 (August 2007)
Websitewww.kaspersky.com

Kaspersky Lab (Template:Pron-en; Russian: Лаборатория Касперского, Laboratoriya Kasperskovo) is a computer security company, co-founded by Natalya Kaspersky and Eugene Kaspersky in 1997, offering anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and anti-intrusion products. Kaspersky Lab is a privately held company headquartered in Moscow, Russia with regional offices in Germany, France, the Netherlands, the UK, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Japan, People's Republic of China, South Korea and the USA[2].

In 2005, Red Herring magazine listed Kaspersky among "Red Herring 100 Europe", a selection of the 100 private companies in Europe and Israel that it considered to play a leading role in innovation and technology.

The 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. Altogether, more than 120 companies are licensing technology from Kaspersky.

Products

See also: Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, and Kaspersky Mobile Security
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010

The current line of Kaspersky home-user products consists of Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS) 2010, Kaspersky Anti-Virus (KAV) 2010, Kaspersky Mobile Security (KMS) and AVZ Antiviral Toolkit [3] . Kaspersky products are widely used throughout Europe[4] and Asia.

Kaspersky Lab products are available via retail stores such as Best-Buy, PC-World, Currys and online through the official Kaspersky eStore or Amazon.com and other retailers.

The latest 2009 line of Kaspersky products are certified for Windows Vista and are multi-core optimized[5]

Independent assessments

The anti-virus software testing group AV-Comparatives gave the Windows XP version of Kaspersky AV an "Advanced+" rating (its highest) in both its February 2008 on-demand detection test (with the fourth highest detection rate among 16 products tested)[6] However, in the Retrospective/Proactive Test May 2008, Kaspersky received the "Standard" rating, detecting 21% of new malware with 1-month old signatures and receiving a substantial amount of false positives.[7]

The firewall included in Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 got a "Very Good" rating in Matousec's Firewall challenge [8], with a result of 85%. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 has achieved a 6.5 result out of 8 in the Anti Malware Labs rootkit detection test [9]. It has also achieved a 31 out of 33 detection of polymorphic viruses [10] and a 97% result in the self-protection test.[11] In 2007 Kaspersky Internet Security 7 received an award from the British magazine PC Pro and also won a place in its "A List".[12]

In addition, Kaspersky has almost passed all Virus Bulletin comparative tests since August 2003 (Failed: June 7, Dec 07 and June 8 http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?vendor=VE15). According to PC World magazine, Kaspersky anti-virus software provides the fastest updates for new virus and security threats in the industry.[13] In the latest[when?] AV-Comparatives test[citation needed], the Technical Release build of Kaspersky 2009 achieved a nearly 85% proactive detection rate, when including both heuristic analysis and HIPS.

Litigation

In May 2007, adware distributor Zango filed a lawsuit against Kaspersky Lab, accusing it of trade libel for blocking the installation of Zango software. In August, the court ruled that the Communications Decency Act granted immunity to Kaspersky.[14]

Internet Anonymity

Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky is an outspoken critic of Internet anonymity[15][16]. It has been reported on a mailing list for Tor relay operators (or-talk@freehaven.net) that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 reports the Tor program (used for accessing the Internet anonymously) as "dangerous", though it does not actually block its use.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2007/07/23/259875". CNews. Retrieved 2007-07-23. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  2. ^ About Us
  3. ^ "Kaspersky now available as 2010". Kaspersky Lab. July 11, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "35% of PC users in Europe prefer Kaspersky Lab antivirus solutions". Kaspersky Lab. March 06, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 Certifications". Kaspersky Lab.
  6. ^ Anti-Virus comparative February 2008
  7. ^ Retrospective / ProActive - Test May 2008
  8. ^ Results and comments - matousec.com
  9. ^ Anti-rootkit tests | Anti-Malware Test Lab
  10. ^ Anti-Malware Solutions Test Results | Anti-Malware Test Lab
  11. ^ Self-protection test | Anti-Malware Test Lab
  12. ^ "Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 receives two top awards in testing conducted by the British magazine PC Pro". Kaspersky Labs. 2007-04-05.
  13. ^ "Anti-Virus Personal 5.0 (Full Product)". PC World Magazine. 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
  14. ^ "Zango tries, fails to sue its way out from under the "spyware" label". ars technica. August 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "Security boss calls for end to net anonymity • The Register". October 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "Microsoft OneCare was 'good enough'". October 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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