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ODO "VirusblokAda" is the only developer of antivirus software in Belarus.
The company was established in May 1997 in the form of a limited liability company. It included the developers of the antivirus program Vba32 ("VirusblokAda"), which has existed as a commercial product since 1994.
In 2000, the company was re-registered in the form of a company with additional responsibility.
December 6, 2006 ODO "VirusblokAda" received the status of a resident of a high-tech park.
On December 21, 2006, the company received a certificate of compliance of the quality management system for the design, production and technical support of a software product with the requirements of the Belarusian standard STB ISO 9001-2001 and the German DIN EN ISO 9001:2000.
History
2025: Positive Technologies bought a stake in VirusBlokAda
On February 20, 2025, it became known that Positive Technologies, a cybersecurity company, acquired a stake in the Belarusian antivirus software developer VirusBlokAda. The deal will allow Positive Technologies to enter the antivirus market and strengthen the direction of endpoint protection.
According to the press service of Positive Technologies, the company received exclusive rights to technologies, products, program code and the viral signature database "VirusBlokAda." Positive Technologies plans to integrate antivirus technologies into the company's existing products and release its own antivirus solution by the end of 2025.
According to a study by the Center for Strategic Research (CSR), the volume of the Russian information security market by 2028 will reach ₽700 billion. Positive Technologies expects to increase its share in this market to 20% due to organic growth and the introduction of new antivirus technologies.
Sergey Lebedev, head of the Positive Technologies workstation and server protection department, said that the company plans to integrate updated antivirus technology into a number of its solutions by the end of 2025. Among the products that will receive the update are MaxPatrol EDR, designed to detect cyber threats on end devices, PT ISIM, which provides security monitoring for industrial infrastructures, PT Sandbox, used to analyze suspicious files, and PT NGFW, a next-generation firewall.
The presentation of the first version of the antivirus module as part of MaxPatrol EDR will take place in May 2025 at the Positive Hack Days international cyber festival. In the fall of 2025, the company will present an early version of an independent antivirus solution.[1]
Purposes
Within the framework of the high-tech park, the goal of the VirusBlokAda ODO is:
- in the Republic of Belarus - development, implementation and operation of software designed to protect against the impact of malware in industrial and other organizations of the republic to replace similar imported products;
- in the world - export of the national software developed by ODO VirusBlokAda, designed to protect against the effects of malware, capable of competing with global counterparts.
Activities
- Development and maintenance of the Vba32 complex ("VirusBlokAda") of software protection against the impact of malicious programs;
- development and maintenance of security systems for organizations and enterprises against the impact of malware and computer viruses.
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