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<blockquote data-quote="artek" data-source="post: 860709" data-attributes="member: 22897">I still feel like almost every single other vendor is doing the exact same thing.&nbsp; From what I understand, the non-executable files were compressed with the actual malware inside of a 7zip document, which was subsequently uploaded because the data sharing option was turned on.&nbsp; That&#039;s not a whole lot worse to me than what Avast was caught doing, or if you go through almost any other vendors privacy policy you&#039;ll see some very invasive wording.&nbsp; And again, with most&nbsp; other vendors I&#039;ve seen, if you allow the anti-malware system to upload samples it doesn&#039;t ask.&nbsp; When you couple this with statements like this:&quot;Treasury Department officials devised plans that would hit entire sectors of Russia’s economy. One preliminary suggestion called for targeting technology companies including Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity firm. But skeptics worried that the harm could spill into Europe and pointed out that U.S. companies used Kaspersky systems and software.&quot; (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/" target="_blank">source</a>) It seems likely to me that this was retaliation for Russia&#039;s 2016 election interference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="artek, post: 860709, member: 22897"] I still feel like almost every single other vendor is doing the exact same thing. From what I understand, the non-executable files were compressed with the actual malware inside of a 7zip document, which was subsequently uploaded because the data sharing option was turned on. That's not a whole lot worse to me than what Avast was caught doing, or if you go through almost any other vendors privacy policy you'll see some very invasive wording. And again, with most other vendors I've seen, if you allow the anti-malware system to upload samples it doesn't ask. When you couple this with statements like this: "Treasury Department officials devised plans that would hit entire sectors of Russia’s economy. One preliminary suggestion called for targeting technology companies including Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity firm. But skeptics worried that the harm could spill into Europe and pointed out that U.S. companies used Kaspersky systems and software." ([URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/']source[/URL]) It seems likely to me that this was retaliation for Russia's 2016 election interference. [/QUOTE]

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