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<blockquote data-quote="SpiderWeb" data-source="post: 1092201" data-attributes="member: 88686">Extremely interesting link [USER=36043]@harlan4096[/USER] posted. So Kaspersky USA is going to switch to strictly on-device behavior blocker, heuristics, AI. The most interesting point in the <a href="https://support.kaspersky.com/us/faq/2024-us-sales-statement#kaspersky-safe-kids" target="_blank">FAQ</a> in my opinion and kind of the program I always wanted on macOS. A stripped down on-device AI antivirus. I wonder if Kaspersky will seize the opportunity and retool their program to basically provide Kaspersky Free on all US platforms or are they just giving up on the consumer market because it sounds like they can keep around 80% of the functionality intact if they find a way to make a very capable AI behavior blocker that understands patterns in new malware without relying on signatures and deeper analysis.I&#039;m watching this closely because while this sounds like bad news, it is very much an opportunity to rise from the ashes and reinvent what an AV can be.&nbsp; Signature-less antiviruses exist but no big brand AV has attempted to fully rely on that alone. But, with the rise of AI, this could be the thing that could cause a paradigm shift in the AV industry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpiderWeb, post: 1092201, member: 88686"] Extremely interesting link [USER=36043]@harlan4096[/USER] posted. So Kaspersky USA is going to switch to strictly on-device behavior blocker, heuristics, AI. The most interesting point in the [URL='https://support.kaspersky.com/us/faq/2024-us-sales-statement#kaspersky-safe-kids']FAQ[/URL] in my opinion and kind of the program I always wanted on macOS. A stripped down on-device AI antivirus. I wonder if Kaspersky will seize the opportunity and retool their program to basically provide Kaspersky Free on all US platforms or are they just giving up on the consumer market because it sounds like they can keep around 80% of the functionality intact if they find a way to make a very capable AI behavior blocker that understands patterns in new malware without relying on signatures and deeper analysis. I'm watching this closely because while this sounds like bad news, it is very much an opportunity to rise from the ashes and reinvent what an AV can be. Signature-less antiviruses exist but no big brand AV has attempted to fully rely on that alone. But, with the rise of AI, this could be the thing that could cause a paradigm shift in the AV industry. [/QUOTE]

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