Kaspersky is Now Banned - What You Need to Know

[Kenrou]

"Kaspersky antivirus has been banned in the USA, this could soon spread across Europe as well. The Kaspersky ban means you will not receive updates for any Kaspersky software in the USA"

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[Woomack]

They have been dead in the EU for nearly two years. Every distributor in Poland has stopped selling them since the war in Ukraine started. Every client we have at work has switched to a different AV software a long time ago.

 

[freakdiablo]

Was really only a matter of time I guess. They've been bad juju for a while now.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

I never used it I use Bitdefender.

 

[Janus67]

Yep government and such has had it blocked for 5+ years

 

[Woomack]

Something doesn't feel right if we use data security and Russian software in the same sentence ...

I remember a few years ago when Kaspersky detected itself as a virus and deleted crucial files.

 

[Janus67]

Something doesn't feel right if we use data security and Russian software in the same sentence ...

I remember a few years ago when Kaspersky detected itself as a virus and deleted crucial files.

Agreed, but tbf so did mcrapafee

 

[EarthDog]

Windows Defender FTW. Ya'll can have all your third party bloatware.

 

[freakdiablo]

Windows Defender FTW. Ya'll can have all your third party bloatware.

Hey if it's good enough for my work laptop, it's good enough for me.

 

[ihrsetrdr]

Kaspersky is Now Banned

No huge surprise, better late than never ...I guess.