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McMcbrad said:
There is a new Kaspersky rebrand - Northguard...
First time I hear about them.
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Good eye (y)
Also never heard of them before.

100% danish​

We are a 100% Danish company, with Danish tools and programs. However, all your service and protection will be in a language that you can understand.
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www.northguard.com

Lær mere om Northguard Security | Hvem er vi?

Bliv klogere på Northguard Security og hvordan vi hjælper danskerne, private som erhverv, med en øget IT-sikkerhed. Læs med her »
www.northguard.com www.northguard.com
 
Gandalf_The_Grey said:
Good eye (y)
Also never heard of them before.

www.northguard.com

Lær mere om Northguard Security | Hvem er vi?

Bliv klogere på Northguard Security og hvordan vi hjælper danskerne, private som erhverv, med en øget IT-sikkerhed. Læs med her »
www.northguard.com www.northguard.com
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They seem to be very new and some pages still don’t work. Their website is built using WordPress.
However, they’ve made the right choice of who to rebrand 😅
 
Yes, GUI in blue colour based in K2020...

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In general you can't go wrong with any antivirus you choose, if they are reputed as they all get 5.5 and above out of 6 for protection. Choose one and stick with it if you like it, no matter what anyone says, even if they say it is the best. So forget about protection mostly and only consider usability and performance for your particular system when choosing your software.
 
McMcbrad said:
If they have even submitted it to a test, then it's official.
And yeah, I was thinking the same... What exactly is Danish in their software... seems very Russian :D
The dark-blue colour may be Danish :D
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What I meant is, Kaspersky said in their forum that it's developed by Kaspersky so it seems it's not another company but a subsidiary of Kaspersky.
Kaspersky's reputation was harmed because of those US allegations (with no solid proof) so maybe they want to sell Kaspersky in some regions with a different name??!! I don't know, just guessing.
Kaspersky's support page has Northguard's info in it. Everything is same except the Kaspersky name is renamed to Northguard.

Glossary

support.kaspersky.com support.kaspersky.com
 
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SeriousHoax said:
What I meant is, Kaspersky said in their forum that it's developed by Kaspersky so it seems it's not another company but a subsidiary of Kaspersky.
Kaspersky's reputation was harmed because of those US allegations (with no solid proof) so maybe they want to sell Kaspersky in some regions with a different name??!! I don't know, just guessing.
Kaspersky's support page has Northguard's info in it. Everything is same except the Kaspersky name is renamed to Northguard.

Glossary

support.kaspersky.com support.kaspersky.com
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Might be a good guess because it makes sense ?

Good name as Putinguard would have gave the game away.

I like the Danish connection, it could mean free vouchers for bacon or some other meat product that they`re famous for ?

Regards Eck :)
 

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