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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 offers one of the best detection rates amongst virus scanners.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus engine also powers products or solutions by other security vendors, such as 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.
Eugene Kaspersky is the Head of AntiVirus Research of the Russian security software vendor Kaspersky Lab ([1]). He received a degree in mathematics from the Moscow State University and has been working in cryptography before getting interested in computer virus research. Eugene 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.
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.
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