AhnLab, Inc. founded in 1995, is a security software provider in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. AhnLab sells computer software

Computer software

Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....

 such as antivirus software

Antivirus software

Antivirus or anti-virus software is used to prevent, detect, and remove malware, including but not limited to computer viruses, computer worm, trojan horses, spyware and adware...

, online security, network security appliances such as firewalls

Firewall (computing)

A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass....

, IPS

IPS

- Medicine and biology :* Induced pluripotent stem cell* Intermittent photic stimulation, a neuroimaging technique* Intraparietal sulcus, a region of the brain* Ips , a genus of bark beetle- Media and entertainment :...

, UTM, and security software for online game

Online game

An online game is a game played over some form of computer network. This almost always means the Internet or equivalent technology, but games have always used whatever technology was current: modems before the Internet, and hard wired terminals before modems...

 and Mobile Web

Mobile Web

The Mobile Web refers to the use of Internet-connected applications, or browser-based access to the Internet from a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet computer, connected to a wireless network....

.

History

Ahn Cheol-Soo

Ahn Cheol-Soo

Ahn Cheol-Soo , is a professor and businessperson in South Korea. He founded AhnLab Inc., an antivirus software company in 1995. Now he is the dean of the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University. He is also serving as chairman and Chief Learning Officer of...

 (founder

Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...

 and chairman) found his computer infected with the computer virus called (c)brain

Brain (computer virus)

Brain is the industry standard name for a computer virus that was released in its first form in January 1986, and is considered to be the first computer virus for MS-DOS...

. He developed a program to find and remove it and named it "Vaccine". Since then, anti-virus software has been called "Vaccine software" in Korea. Ahn Cheol-Soo promoted his new company in 1995.

In September 2001, AhnLab was listed in the and BAWSAQ.

On the tenth anniversary of the company's founding (2005), Ahn Cheol-Soo resigned his position as the CEO

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

, Kim Cheol-Soo was appointed as the successor. Current CEO is Kim Hong-Seon (appointed in 2008).

Since its founding in 1995, AhnLab has become one of the largest security software companies with 65% of market share in the Korean security market alone and approximately 500 distributors worldwide. Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, AhnLab is traded on the KOSDAQ under the symbol AhnLab.

AhnLab has been selected as one of the Korea's most admired company for five years from 2004 to 2009.

Locations

• Korea: Yeouido
  Yeouido-dong
  Yeouido-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Yeongdeungpo-gu in Seoul, South Korea.-Attractions:*National Assembly of South Korea*MBC*KBS*63 Building*Yeouido*Yeouido Park-Economy:...
  
  , Yeongdeungpo
  Yeongdeungpo-gu
  Yeongdeungpo-gu is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite. The third syllable is "po", representing water , referring to the...
  
  , Seoul
  Seoul
  Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
  
  . (Headquarter)
• Japan: Sotokanda
  Akihabara
  , also known as , is an area of Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station. Its name is frequently shortened to in Japan...
  
  , Chiyoda
  Chiyoda, Tokyo
  is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
  
  , Tokyo
  Tokyo
  , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
  
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• China: Shanghai
  Shanghai
  Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
  
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• United States

Products

AhnLab has many security software for PC, Network and Moblie, including:

• AhnLab V3 Internet Security 8.0 (Total Internet Security)
• AhnLab V3 Internet Security IS 7.0 Platinum (anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware)
• AhnLab V3 365 Clinic (anti-virus, anti-spyware, pc medic)
• AhnLab TrusGuard (Firewall, VPN, IPS, against DDoS)
• AhnLab Absolute IPS (block worms and DDoS attack)
• AhnLab Online Security (anti-malware, anti-keylogger, firewall)
• AhnLab HackShield
  Hackshield
  HackShield is a set of anti-hack toolkits developed for MMOs. It is being used in games such as Combat Arms, Dragonica, MapleStory, Mabinogi, War Rock, Kal Online, Shot Online and Ace Online. Hackshield is developed by AhnLab Inc, a Korean security solutions company...
  
   For Online Game (real-time shielding)
• AhnLab Mobile Security (windows mobile, symbian, Wifi OS,Wii,Nintendo DS/DSXL/3DS)
• AhnLab SecuGuard for PC (security for PC)
• AhnLab SiteGuard
  AhnLab SiteGuard
  SiteGuard is an Internet Explorer add-on developed by South Korean security software company AhnLab. It is compatible with IE version 6 or higher, and works under Windows XP, Vista and 7...
  
   (Web filtering, protects against phishing websites and infected pages)
• AhnLab TrusGuard UTM for LTAD (for securing LTAD)