October 10, 2008 Doctor Web, Ltd., a Russian developer of IT-security solutions, announces a release of a fixed weekly virus database update – drw44449.vdb (drw433an.vdb) . The update has been re-released in order to fix errors while detecting Trojan.WMALoader . The fixed update is available for download on all update servers of Doctor Web, Ltd. and will be automatically downloaded to all machines protected by Dr.Web solutions.

October 9, 2008 Doctor Web, Ltd., a Russian developer of IT-security solutions, announces a release of a fixed weekly virus database update – drw44441.vdb (drw433af.vdb) . The update has been re-released in order to fix errors while curing Trojan.StartPage.21269 . The fixed update is available for download on all update servers of Doctor Web, Ltd. and will be automatically downloaded to all machines protected by Dr.Web solutions.

October 3, 2008 Doctor Web presents a virus activity review for September 2008. October 3, 2008 Doctor Web presents you a virus activity review for September 2008. The first autumn month brought quite a lot of nuissances to PC users, such as new encrypting Trojans, mass-mailings with URLs to malicious codes, and fake “anti-viruses”. Specialists of the technical support of Doctor Web on a round o’clock bases helped customers and virus analytics from the Dr.Web anti-virus laboratory perfecte

September 22, 2008 Doctor Web assisted in deployment of Dr.Web AV-Desk in the Zavolga.Net network of the Russian city of Yaroslavl situated 250 kilometers north-east of Moscow. Starting in October 2008 all subscribers of Zavolga.Net will be able to sign up for the Dr.Web anti-virus service and protect their computers against malware and spam . Today offering broadband and stable Internet connection is not enough to retain and attract customers. Most providers tend to expand their list of services stri

September 19, 2008 On September 19 users of "Dr.Web for Unix mail servers. Anti-virus&Anti-spam" experienced a crash of the main module of the program (drweb-maild) after a subsequent update of the vaderetro anti-spam plugin developed by GOTO Software . The developers of the anti-spam fixed the incorrect updating so the corrected version was available in the Dr.Web updating area on 11.00 GMT. We strongly advise all users of "Dr.Web for Unix mail servers. Anti-virus&Anti-spam" to update as soon as

September 16, 2008 SkyNet joined a list of providers in St. Petersburg that provided reliable protection against viruses and spam using Dr.Web AV-Desk. Dr.Web AV-Desk is already used in St. Petersburg by such providers as Corbina Telecom, “InTeKS, Nauka-Svyaz and Eltel. In September 2008 SkyNet joined the list. As one of the leading ISPs in St.Petersburg we strive to provide a wide range of services to our subscribers to meet all their requirements. A special attention is paid to maintaining

September 11, 2008 Doctor Web releases an updated product for protection of corporate e-mail traffic of IBM Lotus Domino. The version 4.44.1 has several new features expanding functionality and improving user experience to the program. Dr.Web for IBM Lotus Domino is a plugin for protection of corporate e-mail system based on IBM Lotus Domino. The product performs real-time and scheduled scan of e-mail messages and documents stored in the database of a server. It isolates infected and suspi

September 11, 2008 An entry concerning Trojan.Encoder.21 – an extortionist Trojan compromising machines of Russian Internet users – has been added to the Dr.Web virus database. The modification of the malicious program works the same way as Trojan.Encoder.20 that was described in our news earlier. Every user fallen victim of activities of the program can download a free decryption utility. However there are a few differences between Trojan.Encoder.21 and the previous version of the malicious

September 9, 2008 Doctor Web – a Russian developer of IT security solutions branded Dr.Web – releases Dr.Web for Windows Mobile 4.44.1. Dr.Web anti-virus for Windows Mobile was released in December 2007. Now it is clear that the product has been welcomed by users. Its reliability, efficiency, fast scanning and free distribution among registered users of Dr.Web for Windows still increase popularity of this product. The 4.44.1 version includes many additional features: scan of archives (zi

September 8, 2008 Doctor Web France employs a renowned anti-virus industry expert as the head of its technical division. Employment of Mark Blanchard, a solid professional with 20 years of experience in the field is another step taken by the company to increase its presence on the French anti-virus market where proficient technical support is one of the keys to high sales. Now Marc Blanchard will apply his wealth of experience as a technical director of Doctor Web France. “At Doctor

September 5, 2008 Doctor Web has discovered a new version of an extortion Trojan (Trojan.Encoder.20) with new encryption and key generation mechanisms. Every user whose data has been compromised by the malware can download a free decryption utility from Doctor Web. On August 13 Doctor Web reported a Trojan leaving a file with the demand to pay USD 10 for a decryption key. The program entered the Dr.Web database as Trojan.Encoder.19. The beginning of September has seen a new modification of t

September 4, 2008 Doctor Web supplied Dr.Web AV-Desk to Smoltelecom, one of the leading providers in the Russian city of Smolensk. The software has been successfully deployed with the launch of commercial operation scheduled for September 5. Now local authorities and largest companies of the city along with home users will enjoy reliability and efficiency of the anti-virus and anti-spam solution. Sound anti-virus and anti-spam security is a key to stability of business routines of an enterprise or

September 2, 2008 Deployment of AV-Desk solved a security issue for BelNet Provider Company. On September 1 it launched commercial operation of the Internet-service developed by Doctor Web. BelNet is one of the largest ISPs in Belgorod with over 5000 subscribers. Such a big number of customers makes virus epidemics an urgent issue. The company experienced large-scale network failures connected with infection of user machines when network administrators could not ensure security of several thousand

September 1, 2008 Doctor Web presents you a virus activity review for August 2008. Even though the last summer month hasn’t challenged virus analysts with samples of new malware, it doesn’t mean that malicious programs decided to take a break. A new modification of Trojan.Encoder - Trojan.Encoder.19 that was discussed in our news earlier came into existence in August. This malicious program encrypted user data, deleted itself and offered a user to pay a moderate sum of money for a decrypt

August 28, 2008 Doctor Web in cooperation with the administration of Permskiy Kray have Dr.Web anti-virus accepted as one of the standard Information security tools for all executive bodies in the region. The Information-computer centre of the regional government and AVITECH-SERVICE company participated the project along with the administration of the region. Frequent viral attacks causing network failures and downtimes drove the administration of Permskiy Kray to resort to Dr.Web anti-vi

August 28, 2008 Yet another ISP on the vast territory of Russia has deployed Dr.Web AV-Desk. This time it is Intersvyaz company operating in the city of Chelyabinsk that resides to the east of the Ural Mountains on the Miass River. Chelyabinsk with the population amounting to 1,077,174 is one of the industrial centres of Russia. Since September 15 the leading ISP of the city will give its subscribers reliable protection of their computers using anti-virus and anti-spam solutions from Doctor Web.

August 25, 2008 Izhevsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (Izhevsky Manufacturing Plant) is the leading Russian producer of weapons many of which are officially distributed around the world under the brand name of Baikal. Now the company uses solutions created by Doctor Web to protect computers of its employees against viruses and spam. The company with its history over 50 years produces up to 85% of Russian weapons exported to as many as 70 countries. The company employs several thousand people. Most of pro

August 22, 2008 The television and radio broadcasting company from a city of Bratsk in Irkutsk region of Russia that provides access to the Internet among many other things has successfully deployed Dr.Web AV-Desk. Bratsk is a large industrial city with the developed infrastructure and population 256,6K. Since August 2008 its residents using services from Teleos-1 get reliable protection against viruses and other malware. Technical staff of Teleos-1 decided on using Dr.Web AV-Desk in summer

August 19, 2008 Doctor Web – the Russian developer of IT security tools branded Dr.Web – releases an updated GUI-scanner 4.44.5 for Dr.Web for Windows. The follwing improvements have been done to the new version: Curing algorithms applied to active rootkits have been upgraded; Incorrect removal of viruses on a network drive or in a shared folder has been fixed; An error that sometimes caused the abnormal termination of the program on its launch has been fixed;

August 15, 2008 Doctor Web, Ltd. announces release of the corrected weekly add-ons to Dr.Web virus database - drw44409.vdb , drw44410.vdb , drw44412.vdb ( drw4339j.vdb , drw4339k.vdb , drw4339m.vdb ). The add-ons were corrected to remove false alarm when detecting Win32.HLLM.Graz . Corrected weekly add-ons are available on all updating servers of Doctor Web, Ltd. and will be automatically downloaded by all Dr.Web Anti-virus products at the next update.