Holy fuck folks. Like Kapersky and their ties to the Russian government suck, yes. Them being banned from doing business in the US probably needed to be done. But folks, them installing UltraAV and uninstalling Kapersky was announced weeks ago. Paying customers got emailed about it weeks ago. Just because people don't pay attention doesn't mean it's time to engage in low effort journalism (like so many outlets are doing.)

My citation for reference. https://www.zdnet.com/article/one-million-us-kaspersky-customers-to-be-migrated-to-this-lesser-known-alternative/

#antivirus #kapersky #security #infosec #cybersecurity #malware

@Saren42 I wonder how much of the hype is people not realizing that AV is essentially a rootkit and the capabilities of said rootkit are tremendous. Like, just because you intentionally installed it with consent doesn't mean you control it.

@cR0w This is very likely the reason, and IMHO it is good that general awareness is now raised. @Saren42 is technically right of course.