Imagine a program that scans your computer, detects some errors, and offers to fix them. There are many legitimate programs that do this (for example, antivirus programs), but there are also many fake programs, which do nothing beneficial – they just pretend to do a scan of your computer, they pretend to fix some errors, but in reality there are no errors and nothing is being fixed. You didn’t install such a program, you don’t even know how it got installed on your computer.  It’s just there, wanting to trick you to buy a license.

Have you ever wondered what happens when you “buy” the activation key? Will the program really do something for you, will it just disappear… or, maybe, it will keep annoying you. Let’s look at a program called “S.M.A.R.T. Repair”.

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The world’s first Linux-based rescue disc is on the way Cambridge, UK, November 25, 1999 – Kaspersky Labs Int., a fast-growing international anti-virus software development company, announces the public release of the first commercial version of AVP for Linux/FreeBSD Unix. This package is the…

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First Commercial Version of AVP for Linux/FreeBSD Unix Released

Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2000 – Kaspersky Lab, an international anti-virus software vendor, announces that according to the results of the tender carried out by the Russian State Customs Committee, the Committee has chosen Kaspersky Lab’s AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) to protect their networks and stand-alone computers from computer viruses. At the first stage, AVP will be installed on a total of 200 servers and 1000 workstations in customs offices all around Russia.

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Russian State Customs Committee Chooses AntiViral Toolkit Pro to Protect Their Network

Kaspersky Labs Int. is solving the problem of ADS NTFS viruses On September 4, 2000, Kaspersky Labs Int. released a warning about the appearance of the W2K.Stream virus; the first known malicious code, which uses the alternate data streams (ADS) of the NTFS file system. Unfortunately, many…

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Windows 2000 Viruses: Anti-Virus Company Mistakes Might Result in Some Major Headaches

Even virus hoaxes may have a hidden truth Probably, you have already received (may be not even for the first time) a warning from your friends and colleagues telling you about the discovery of a new, extremely dangerous computer virus that is being spread in e-mail messages having the “Virtual Card…

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No Smoke Without Fire

Guidelines for Enterprise Wide Linux Security Predictions regarding a world epidemic of Linux-viruses have come true in the first quarter of 2001. The latest incidents caused by the Ramen Internet-worm and its numerous modifications, as well as the multi-platform virus Pelf (Lindose) and other…

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Linux-Viruses: An Unpleasant Surprise or a Forecast That Came True?

The first harmful program spreading via the popular e-mail “The Bat!” has been detected. Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, warns users of the discovery “in the wild” of the first Internet-worm, going by the name of “Stator,” utilizing the popular e-mail…

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Beware of the Internet-worm "Stator"

Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development company, and the first-rate Russian Internet holding Port.ru (www.port.ru) announce the start of a joint project to provide users of the popular public e-mail service MAIL.RU with free anti-virus correspondence scanning. Today,…

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Protects more than 3 Million MAIL.RU Users’ E-Mail Boxes

Kaspersky Lab announces the start of its contest, open to the public, to develop the best design for our company screen saver. The competition runs through June 20, and anyone may participate. Winners will be awarded the following prizes: First place – a full set of Kaspersky Lab corporate clothing:…

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Kaspersky Lab Announces its Corporate Screen-Saver Contest

The first malicious code utilizing Desktop Themes files has been detected Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of the Internet worm “Lara”: the first malicious program that spreads in Desktop Themes files. At the moment, Kaspersky Labs has…

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