Kaspersky goodbye letter šŸ˜”

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cant i just use a diffrente url to downlod

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so what happens to all the signatures that kaspersky has?

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If I didnā€™t back up my data, can I get a copy from you?

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What the, kaspersky is leaving?!

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I loved it because it was the best at detecting false positives, websites and apps that leaked my data or used it to share them through cookies and it was great detecting actual viruses. I got it on a nice sale, but didnā€™t renew because $80 is ridiculous.

Which one is the best alternative on detecting false positives?

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I switched to Kaspersky in 2009 before only using it on a bootable drive to scan for and remove malware. I hate this.

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Thatā€™s a huge loss for US consumers imo but what can you doā€¦

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Is the goodbye letter for all US citizens who used Kaspersky? Or also for those who live outside of US

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This also affects other markets like LATAM or this affects only on the US?

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so now they realise it is a russian company?

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I use bitdefender and this hurt :sob:

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Detecting Pegasus

Due to the covert nature of its installation, Pegasus was previously only able to be detected via digital forensics. On January 16th, 2024 Kaspersky Labs announced in a press release a new method of detecting the spyware for iOS devices that involved inspecting the shutdown.log file, which logs reboot events, for indicators of compromise.[45] Kaspersky developed a tool that extracts, analyzes, and parses the shutdown.log file to ease the process of locating the malicious signature. This method is only effective if the device is rebooted on the same day that it is infected with Pegasus.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)

Hmm, I wonder if this had anything to do with it?

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Iā€™m 35 and Iā€™ve never trusted Kaspersky.

Ever.

Itā€™s built into me to not trust Russians or Chinese online based on how they game.

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I donā€™t know the reasons precisely, but I heard there are issues with processing payments to/from Russia, so if you canā€™t pay for Kaspersky, then VPN or not - itā€™s not going to helpā€¦

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This genuinely made me more emotional than most movies could

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Itā€™s a signature. lol
Cozy Bear - Wikipedia

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There is already a New York Times article explaining in depth what happened with Kaspersky. They were caught by Mossad using their security solutions as spyware.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html

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i live in the us, kaspersky being banned is the only one that iā€™ve heard about that I actually care about

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Any business can be privatized by Russia at any time, surely being in this sub you understand what a massively serious security risk that could pose given the current geopolitical climateā€¦ Banning an anti-virus used by maybe 5-10% of the population maximum to ensure Russia has no access to Americanā€™s data is a pretty easy choice regardless of the Kasperky teamā€™s intentions, They live in an autocracy, and they wouldnā€™t be the first company to be seized by Moscow if such a thing were to happen. And something tells me Russian intelligence would love a deep dive on millions of Americans computers, we are after all pretty much engaged in a proxy war with them at the moment. Except they forgot their proxy.

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For sure, theyā€™re likely an honest company that got caught in the cross-fire.