Founded in February 1999 by Mikhail Zakhryapin and Alexey Elagin, Agnitum's first application, Jammer was released later that year. Jammer was initially released as freeware, it was used to remove trojan horses. Agnitum's initial intent was not to make money, but as the program's popularity grew and users requested feature enhancements, it seemed logical to begin selling Jammer.
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