Doctor Web news

Doctor Web's statement regarding claims of a successful attack on its infrastructure

09.10.2024 | Corporate news

Doctor Web resumed virus database updates after the attack on its infrastructure

Now that the dangerous situation involving the attack on Doctor Web's infrastructure has been resolved successfully, we're happy to bring you up to speed on the latest developments and present the security incident's complete timeline.

18.09.2024 | Corporate news

Doctor Web's resources attacked  

On Saturday, September 14, Doctor Web specialists recorded a targeted attack on the company's resources. The attempt to harm our infrastructure was prevented in a timely manner, and no user whose system was protected by Dr.Web was affected.

17.09.2024 | Corporate news

Doctor Web Antivirus Laboratory Chief spoke on the growing threat to Linux at the annual cybersecurity forum in China

Doctor Web took part in the annual cybersecurity summit and international antivirus conference in Tianjin, China. The second CSST (Cyber Security Summit in Tianjin) event was devoted to the theme "Jointly Building Cyber Security and Governing Cyberspace".

09.09.2024 | Corporate news

Dr.Web Security Space now supports macOS Sonoma

On September 26, Apple made the new macOS Sonoma (version 14) available to the general public. With that in mind, Doctor Web is pleased to notify its customers that its Dr.Web Security Space for macOS fully supports this latest major OS release.

28.09.2023 | Corporate news

Doctor Web anti-virus laboratory chief spoke on the evolution of Android malware at a cybersecurity forum in China

Doctor Web took part in the cybersecurity summit and international anti-virus conference in Tianjin, China. Igor Zdobnov, anti-virus laboratory chief, represented the company at the event.

28.08.2023 | Corporate news

Doctor Web to participate in the second summit of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum

Doctor Web, a leading Russian developer of anti-virus solutions, will take part in the IT cluster of the second Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, which will take place in St. Petersburg at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre on 27–28 July.

17.07.2023 | Corporate news

Enhance your UTM and NGFW solutions with the Dr.Web anti-virus engine

Today, UTM (Unified Threat Management) and NGFW (next-generation firewall) solutions strive to provide continuous comprehensive protection from network threats. Effective traffic scanning and filtering can be achieved by integrating an anti-virus engine into the security software, so that malicious files can be detected in the traffic controlled by your UTM or NGFW solution.

26.06.2023 | Corporate news

Check how well protected you are: Doctor Web launches its Dr.Web FixIt! cloud service

Doctor Web has released Dr.Web FixIt! — a new solution for ensuring the information security of PCs running Microsoft Windows.

19.06.2023 | Corporate news

Licenses sold by AvirKey.com blocked

Anti-virus company Doctor Web has blocked all licenses for Dr.Web products that were purchased by online digital goods store AvirKey.com at a reduced price, using an illegal scheme. Please note that AvirKey.com is not an official partner of our company. To avoid becoming a victim of a fraudulent scheme, do not purchase Dr.Web products on this site.

12.05.2023 | Corporate news

Doctor Web to join ICT Maghreb in Algeria

As part of its plan to expand its presence on the African market, Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web will be participating in the telecom technology exhibition ICT Maghreb, which is being held on March 14-16 in Algeria’s Moufdi Zakaria Palace of Culture.

10.03.2023 | Corporate news

Dr.Web Security Space receives SKD AWARDS product excellence recognition

Dr.Web Security Space has earned an SKD AWARDS honour from the independent testing provider SKD Labs. The laboratory's test results are recognized by Microsoft. Dr.Web Security Space 12.0 for Windows won in the Personal Computer Security category. The award ceremony was held in Beijing on February 28, 2023.

06.03.2023 | Corporate news

New convenient feature on Doctor Web’s site

Information about the latest Dr.Web software updates is now readily accessible in the new changelog section on the company’s official website.

17.02.2023 | Corporate news

Scheduled Doctor Web site maintenance on July 4th

Russian anti-virus company, Doctor Web, notifies users and customers of upcoming scheduled website maintenance taking place in the late evening hours of July 4th.

30.06.2020 | Corporate news

Thorough protection for a powerful platform: Dr.Web protects Huawei's TaiShan ARM64 servers

Doctor Web, the Russian developer of anti-virus software products under the brand name Dr.Web, and Huawei, one of the world's leading suppliers of smart devices and IT infrastructure solutions, are pleased to unveil a Dr.Web product line that protects ARM64 devices and servers from malware.

29.06.2020 | Corporate news

A list of important to-dos: Doctor Web’s checklist to ensure employee information security when working remotely

Doctor Web has prepared a check-list for system administrators that lists in chronological order the steps they need to take to prepare a safe workplace for remote workers. This list will enable companies to significantly reduce their information security risks even under conditions that are thus far out of the ordinary.

21.04.2020 | Corporate news

Changes coming to Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite licensing terms

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web has announced that it is making changes to its licensing terms that will affect its corporate anti-virus products for PCs. The new terms come into effect on February 1, 2020. Beginning from that date, Dr.Web for Windows, Dr.Web for macOS, and Dr.Web for Linux (part of Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite) will only be available under the Comprehensive Protection license.

15.01.2020 | Corporate news

Doctor Web security experts to speak at Avar 2019 about major threat to Counter Strike players

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web will be participating in the international cybersecurity conference Avar 2019, which will be held in Osaka, Japan, on November 6-9, 2019. The company's security researchers will report on the infamous botnet Trojan.Belonard, which has targeted the computers of Counter Strike players. It is also worth mentioning that Dr.Web successfully detects all Belonard modules.

16.10.2019 | Corporate news

Desktop — 2019: Ring in the New Year with our new Dr.Web desktop wallpaper!

In the run-up to New Year’s, Doctor Web invites all users to try out its new branded desktop wallpaper. We have three designs for you to choose from.

25.12.2018 | Corporate news

How to get support from Doctor Web quickly and effectively

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web reminds users that technical support is available free of charge to owners of commercial Dr.Web licenses and asks that costumers provide additional information in their support requests to make sure that their issues get resolved as quickly as possible.

23.11.2018 | Corporate news

Dr.Web Security Space for Android protects Collabon interactive whiteboards

28.08.2018 | Corporate news

Doctor Web protects personal data

Doctor Web has added a section on personal data protection to www.drweb.com. We invite users to get acquainted with the pages of the site’s new section and to learn what information Doctor Web collects from users of its anti-viruses and how the company protects this information.

13.08.2018 | Corporate news