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I claim no knowledge on the product but have a vague recollection of a recent story involving Kaspersky (the person, not the software) experiencing some political difficulty, so I searched his name for news - did not find what I was looking for. However, the following may be of interest:

• ITWire: US local govts still using Kaspersky software despite federal ban

• SoftPedia: US-Banned Kaspersky Tops Windows 10 Enterprise Antivirus Test

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The Romanian cybersecurity company BitDefender consistently rivals Kaspersky for being the world’s best AV.