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- Apr 24, 2016
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Kaspersky Password Manager: passwords generated were predictable
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- Aug 5, 2012
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Really sad and surprised to hear this. I don't know how actively maintained is this password manager currently.
- Oct 1, 2019
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Remember the IT guy who advised my girlfriend to use KSF instead of Microsoft Defender? He also advised her to use Kaspersky Password Manager free 
I send him the link of this article asking him what to do now.
Fun fact: my girlfriend bought a new laptop (with Ryzen 5 4500U) and I never bothered to put KSF on it, I only installed Office 2019 and Kaspersky Password Manager (added Simple Windows Hardening plus Configure Defender) and she (off course) did not notice.
I send him the link of this article asking him what to do now.Fun fact: my girlfriend bought a new laptop (with Ryzen 5 4500U) and I never bothered to put KSF on it, I only installed Office 2019 and Kaspersky Password Manager (added Simple Windows Hardening plus Configure Defender) and she (off course) did not notice.
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Would be interesting how he will react.Remember the IT guy who advised my girlfriend to use KSF instead of Microsoft Defender? He also advised her to use Kaspersky Password Manager free
- Mar 16, 2019
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WoW shocking! It's always better not to use any password managers that are included in an AV subscription. All AV's total security versions are full of bloat. It's even true for some product's internet security edition.
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- Jun 5, 2014
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from my experience in IT everything should be based on expertise. Kaspersky has good actually great security suits but a wise man doesn't use a other products. 1password LastPass and … . they are the expertise in their own fields
- Jul 2, 2020
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- Mar 16, 2019
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As stated above. it's better to use password managers from companies that specialize in password management. Like Bitwarden, 1Password, etc. The reputed password managers like the two that I mentioned are also audited by third parties to ensure they are safe and secure to use.
Is a simple concept of a jack off all trades and a master of none, I don't entirely blame Kaspersky but the costumers.
Anti-Virus companies should focus on their main product, rather than all this bloatware nonsense.
This is why I rather use F-Secure Anti-Virus (yes, Anti-Virus not SAFE), is the last product on earth that actually focuses on protection and doesn't include bloatware.
- Mar 16, 2019
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I agree with you. Which one was the first AV to include bloatware like this? Any idea?
Yeah, I like how F-Secure handles this. You can also add ESET to the list. Their NOD32 and Internet Security version doesn't have any bloat either and also Emsisoft.
So you are using F-Secure at the moment? Not Kaspersky anymore?
I would say AVG was among the first.
I not using AV on my system, and I install Kaspersky on family members to avoid issues.
F-Secure Anti-Virus has problems with false positives, especially in games due to Deepguard, and I don't wanna be wasting time troubleshooting others PCs due to that (which is why they have Kaspersky installed, no issues whasoever and I manage them through the Cloud).
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If you've been using Kaspersky Password Manager (KPM) on your iPhone for a while, you may need to generate some new passwords. A security ...
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- Jun 6, 2017
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Kaspersky Password Manager was creating weak passwords - 9to5Mac
If you've been using Kaspersky Password Manager (KPM) on your iPhone for a while, you may need to generate some new passwords. A security ...
I always add a couple of random characters of my own to the end of automatically generated passwords- for this very reason.
while it's a nice idea to not trusting any password manager, using 2FA is more important.
- Dec 30, 2012
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I personally use 1234,
but seriously
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