I like the software, and it gets high marks, but I don't quite know what to make of the recent stories. On the one hand, an NSA worker took home protected documents which KIS detected and sent signature data back home to be analyzed. That's what the software is supposed to do when it heuristically detects a virus, right? On the other hand, Russia...
Do you have any thoughts on this? I'm all eyes.
-PJ
I have used Kaspersky for years and love it! Anyone who thinks I am inadvertently giving data to the Rooskis better wonder what happens to THEIR data as well.
I would not use Kaspersky if I thought any of my stuff would be of interest to the Russian intel community. And certainly not if I held any US security clearance or were involved federally!
From Kaspersky's Wikipedia article (boldface added):
Kaspersky graduated from The Technical Faculty of the KGB Higher School in 1987 with a degree in mathematical engineering and computer technology. His interest in IT security began when his work computer was infected with the Cascade virus in 1989 and he developed a program to remove it. Kaspersky helped grow Kaspersky Lab through security research and salesmanship. He became the CEO in 2007 and remains so as of 2017.
Actually, being a Mac user, I don't bother with anti-virus.