Kaspersky faces a bizarre situation in the US, illustrative
Antivirus programs are there to protect us from all kinds of pitfalls of the hacker-infested online world. Of course, this is not 100% protection, but they are a kind of lock on the door to your PC, through which someone not entirely welcome tries to break into your privacy from time to time. Kaspersky is now in quite serious trouble.
Kaspersky installs a foreign program
About the danger posed by the Russian anti-virus program Kaspersky, one of the most famous software of its kind, they informed web security specialists BleepingComputer. This antivirus, one of the most well-known, started behaving more than strangely among customers in the USA. It disappeared overnight and a completely different program appeared on its users’ computers instead.
But who is to blame? It was found that the company Kasperskywhich is behind the antivirus of the same name, remotely removed it from the computers of users in the US and replaced it with another software called UltraAV. All without anyone being alerted to such actions, or rather being alerted to what is really going on and what will happen.
Kaspersky was blacklisted in the US
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Kaspersky as a security threat?
On June 20, they were company Kaspersky and its antivirus is blacklisted in the US as a potential security threat. The ban on the resale of the antivirus and its updates will come into effect on September 29, and Kaspersky has decided to stop all its activities in America. That is, in addition to the obvious violation of the privacy of antivirus users.
Kaspersky has started to close its branches in the USA and of course also laid off employees, because its doors are closed in this market. The company recently sent out an email to users who use its antivirus, assuring them that they will continue to be protected thanks to Pango Group’s UltraAV software, but the warning about its remote installation was somehow missing.
Significant invasion of privacy
Users began to complain that the icon of the new antivirus appeared on their desktop, and its unusual behavior did not inspire any extra confidence. Some users uninstalled it, but some of them automatically reinstalled the program after a restart, and those who paid a subscription to Kaspersky also found the UltraVPN program on their PC.
According to an official statement, Kaspersky has partnered with Pango Group, the company behind the UltraAV software, to provide additional protection for its users in the US, where it is no longer allowed to operate. This seems quite legitimate, but the outrage of users is understandable and Kaspersky should definitely have handled this situation a little differently.
Source: mobilizujeme.cz
