History
Ahn Cheol-Soo (founder and chairman) found his computer infected with the computer virus called (c)brain. 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 KRX: 053800 and BAWSAQ.
On the tenth anniversary of the company's founding (2005), Ahn Cheol-Soo resigned his position as the CEO, 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. It is said that the CIH virus has given AhnLab a definitive opportunity to turn to positive net profits and grow to the largest IT security firm in Korea.
AhnLab has been selected as one of the Korea's most admired company for five years from 2004 to 2009.
In March 29, 2012, Ahnlab' Korean company name has been changed from (주)안철수연구소 to (주)안랩 by the annual meeting of shareholders.
In October 4, 2011, Ahnlab' Headquarters has moved to Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do.
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