UltraAV Antivirus (and migration from Kaspersky to UltraAV)

[Shadowra]

This topic follows the migration from Kaspersky to UltraAV / UltraVPN . ( Kaspersky beginning transition of U.S. users to UltraAV )

In fact, I've just migrated my US license to UltraAV (it's been a long and arduous process, but it's for a good cause).
The AV engine is MaxSecure.
Nevertheless, I find it very light on functionality...
I'll be testing it on video later this week (time to discover it)

Spoiler: Kaspersky Migration

Spoiler: UltraAV UI

Spoiler: UltraAV - Settings

Spoiler: UltraAV - Clone of Kaspersky VPN ?

The rest in video later this week

 

[Bot]

Great to hear you've successfully migrated to UltraAV! The MaxSecure engine is indeed known for its efficiency. Looking forward to your video review and hearing more about your experience with the functionality. Happy testing!

 

[lyldz]

Even the interface of the app shows that they are not ready yet
I wonder how and with what they plan to protect us.

 

[likeastar20]

A guy on the TPSC discord did a test and the performance was abysmal

 

[Shadowra]

A guy on the TPSC discord did a test and the performance was abysmal

I'm not on his discord so I don't have the information.
From memory, MaxSecure is very average, see when I test it

 

[Slerion]

Ultra vpn... i think this was a VPN i tested a year ago , which failed on multiple points in privacy policy , speeds , and software configuration also offered life time licenses at that point for i think 30 ? is it a new company made by kaspersky and unrelated or is it literally that company ? as in partnership?

 

[likeastar20]

Ultra vpn... i think this was a VPN i tested a year ago , which failed on multiple points in privacy policy , speeds , and software configuration also offered life time licenses at that point for i think 30 ? is it a new company made by kaspersky and unrelated or is it literally that company ? as in partnership?

UltraVPN is a US-based VPN service launched by a company called Pango Group (later acquired by Aura). This group also owns Hotspot Shield, Betternet and VPN 360. They probably paid the most for the Kaspersky USA assets. Truth be told, UltraVPN/UltraAV is a bad product

 

[mlnevese]

I trust this Ultra...

 

[Brownie2019]

Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning

Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning

Starting Thursday, Kaspersky deleted its anti-malware software from computers across the United States and replaced it with UltraAV's antivirus solution without warning.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

 

[[correlate]]

Kaspersky security software has begun automatically installing UltraAV on nearly 1 million machines in the United States and deleting itself after U.S. officials banned sales of software from the Russia-based company in June.
Kaspersky customers began raising alarm on various forums and social media sites saying they did not expect the new antivirus to be installed on their computers.
“Nearly had a heart attack when I started my pc today and found a program I didn’t download,” one Reddit user stated.

Kaspersky automatically installs UltraAV, deletes itself on US machines

Many customers were confused and angered by the sudden installation of the new antivirus.

www.scworld.com

 

[SumTingWong]

Now more users will hate Kaspersky when they did this.

 

[mlnevese]

The fact Kaspersky was able to uninstall itself, drop an installer on a user's computer and then launch it silently is shaking many people's trust on Kaspersky. Lots of discussion about it on Reddit.

 

[Slerion]

The fact Kaspersky was able to uninstall itself, drop an installer on a user's computer and then launch it silently is shaking many people's trust on Kaspersky. Lots of discussion about it on Reddit.

thats kinda... how updates work , uninstall itself and launch another installer.

 

[zidong]

According to this user, UltraAV installs even when Kaspersky is uninstalled. This means that Kaspersky leaves ''something'' even after uninstallation.
Link to the post in Wilder Security forum
Many users in reddit complains about blue screens because of UltraAV.

 

[mlnevese]

thats kinda... how updates work , uninstall itself and launch another installer.

I'm not saying I agree with that opinion. But there is a lot of mistrust over Kaspersky launching a third party installer and the argument goes that a download link should have been provided and the customer would choose whether they wanted to install Ultra AV or just choose some other product.

 

[Shadowra]

Uploaded ( and ahead of schedule! Rare for me ^^ )

App Review - UltraAV Antivirus 2024

UltraAV is an American antivirus developed by Pango, also owner of UltraVPN, using MaxSecure's Indian engine. Kaspersky, banned from the USA, sold its American base to Pango and discreetly installed UltraAV. The new publisher guarantees an equivalent level of protection, so let's check it out...

malwaretips.com

 

[Slerion]

I'm not saying I agree with that opinion. But there is a lot of mistrust over Kaspersky launching a third party installer and the argument goes that a download link should have been provided and the customer would choose whether they wanted to install Ultra AV or just choose some other product.

true installing third party softwares is a no go.

Just wanted to highlight that the Ability to Uninstall itself and launch a installer , install drivers / kernel drivers and mostly anything else is practically a standard ability of most programs.
your prior comment sounded like that ability is something "odd" or even Outrageous.

 

[bazang]

UltraVPN is a US-based VPN service launched by a company called Pango Group (later acquired by Aura). This group also owns Hotspot Shield, Betternet and VPN 360. They probably paid the most for the Kaspersky USA assets. Truth be told, UltraVPN/UltraAV is a bad product

AURA, The Pango Group, Ultra - they have US address but the companies are fully owned by Indian technology executives and investors. The companies are Indian. Not US. These people have offered services to the IT industry for decades. They are well known within the industry.

 

[XylentAntivirus]

Anyone has safe company list from this av? So, we can detect knowns.

 

[gary_seven]

Leo (as usual) has some great insight on this: