Kaspersky Lab No 1 in sales in Internet Security and Anti-virus category in Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan, 16 March 2010 - Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces that Kaspersky Lab was awarded the prestigious GfK 2009 No.1 Award in Internet Security and Anti-virus category by leading market researcher GfK Retail and Technology in Taiwan.

Harry Cheung, Managing Director of APAC said, "To be awarded No 1 by GfK is a great achievement for Kaspersky Lab and we are pleased to receive such highly acclaimed recognition in the Internet Security and Anti Virus category in Taiwan".

"2010 is set to be a big year for Kaspersky Lab. We are due to launch new products throughout the year that will continue to show Kaspersky Lab’s commitment to fight the cybercrime and provide a pollution free digital environment to the public “he added.

GfK provides an award every year to the No 1 brand in various categories across Asia Pacific countries. The award is based on volume sales for the 12 month period from January - December 2009 of retail market.

Kaspersky Lab's range of personal products, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, are at the cutting-edge of information security. Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 combines advanced application control technology that assigns a risk rating to previously unknown malware with the innovative Kaspersky Security Network distribution system and unique sandbox virtualization technology that provides a safe environment in which to run suspect applications.

About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is the largest antivirus company in Europe. It delivers some of the world’s most immediate protection against IT security threats, including viruses, spyware, crimeware, hackers, phishing, and spam. The Company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users. Kaspersky Lab products provide superior detection rates and one of the industry’s fastest outbreak response times for home users, SMBs, large enterprises and the mobile computing environment. Kaspersky® technology is also used worldwide inside the products and services of the industry’s leading IT security solution providers. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com. For the latest on antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and other IT security issues and trends, visit www.viruslist.com.


16 Mar 2010