Posted on 07/23/2012 2:14:05 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
Link only:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/ff_kaspersky/all/
A Russian company works with the Russian government???
Say it isn’t so!
I have used Kaspersky for years and this has always been in the back of my mind.
Ya think?????????????????????
I never understood why people ran to Kaspersky for AV. The Russians are often implicated in large-scale virus dissemination and malware, and we’re supposed to accept AV products from them as well? Seems almost comical.
If you can’t get your hands on your corporate edition of AV (some large corps do offer it to their home users), at least download Microsoft Security Essentials or invest in something from Symantec or McAfee.
If anything its for peace of mind.
American-owned virus protection companies are just as easily penetrated by the KGB or CIA or Mossad or the PRC.
And you think the CIA and Mossad aren't all over Kaspersky?
I think some went for Kaspersky because they felt since much of the bad spyware came from Russia/Ukraine, then maybe anti-spyware from host countries would be better at stopping it?
Unfortunately, I’ve been too stupid/naive until this moment to realize that the virus checker has full access to my computer.
Top 10 Virus Checkers I Will No Longer Use:
4) ...
3) Soon We Nuclear Anti-Spyware (Iranian)
2) You’re Non So Ronrey Virus Checker (North Korean)
1) City Wall Virus Checker (Chinese)
Just because Kaspersky is located in Russia is of little importance when all this stuff is accessible online (i.e. one doesn't exactly have to drive over to their offices to dig deep into their systems...and having a relationship with their analysts works the same way).
If I were the KGB, I would find myself a better connection than Kaspersky. It's too obvious.
I quit buying my internet security from Sam’s club for about $60 or $70 when I found out about the prices on Amazon- about $21 when I last bought my Kaspersky. It’s down to $15.88 now (single user).
Exactly. I got rid of my “Long Lost Relative with a Pile of Cash” from Kenya.
The FBI demanded anti-virus companies refrain from detecting and removing FBI keylogging trojans and spyware. Kaspersky Lab refused, hence the Wired Magazine hit piece.
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