Kaspersky protects 400 million PC users

the hague - Kaspersky Lab is a Russian company specialized in antivirus software and other computer security. It has about 3300 employees, especially IT security specialists. The head office is in Moscow. The unlisted company owes its name to two of the four founders: Eugene and his (ex-) wife Natalya Kaspersky.

Kaspersky is internationally regarded as a leading security company. Subsidiaries of Kaspersky Lab are based in, among others, Great Britain and Germany. The group says it operates in about 200 countries. 'Our cyber security technologies protect more than 400 million users around the world,' says the website.

On that site, the company describes its antivirus software as 'the most tested and the most awarded. 'And about the founder:' Eugene Kaspersky ended up in cybersecurity in 1989 when his computer became infected with the Cascade virus. Through his training in cryptography he was able to analyze the encrypted virus, find out how it behaved and develop a program to remove it. He then went curiosely analyzing malicious programs in computer technology and developed disinfection modules. ''

For companies and individuals, several security packages are in circulation with names such as 'Kaspersky Total Security' and 'Kaspersky Internet Security'. The company also provides free security, the so-called 'Kaspersky Free' that helps computers protect against phishing (internet fraud through counterfeit websites of, for example, banks) and computer viruses.

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