Yesterday I decided to uninstall Kaspersky

[Shadowra]

Kaspersky code was already audited, probably the only AV firm that offered their code to be audited in 2017, so before telling things without sense, perform some research

Exactly.

If you want to read: Kaspersky SOC 2 Audit - Get SOC 2 Type 1 Report | Kaspersky

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

Now that the Olympics are over, anything goes. Chi asked Putin politely if he would wait till the Olympics were done to start his invasion. Guessing yes, no stopping Chi from doing same.

 

[Jan Willy]

I respect everyone' s opinion. But I didn't join this forum to read politic inspired discussions, not to mention a pointless war of words.

 

[franz]

I understand that many people have great feelings about what is happening now, but I hope that the debate is not about politics. I don't think anyone blames the Russian people for what's happening, but that people don't want to support big companies with money that in turn is a support for Putin, I understand that.

 

[Zorro]

I don't think anyone blames the Russian people for what's happening

There has been news that the European Union and America are considering the option of banning Russians from issuing visas. Maybe it will come to that. Hope it all ends soon.

 

[Guilhermesene]

I made a post here on this forum with the same concerns as you @L0ckJaw and @silversurfer but the thread was deleted (nothing new). I did not mention anything against any government, it was just a concern about the product and its origin.

I think that the discussion about the product and its origin, as well as the impact that all these actions that are taking place at the moment are valid.

The point is that we should separate the really political issue from the issue of the product itself.

I don't know if I will stop using Kaspersky, but, the concern is yes, valid and the topic was deleted in my opinion pointlessly (this disappointed me a little).

Unfortunately, this forum has disappointed me once again and here I see that many products are much more “protected” compared to others.

I renewed a few days ago my Kaspersky license for another 2 years and for 10 devices, but I confess that on the day of the break-in, it made me wonder if I really shouldn't ask for a refund.

 

[franz]

There has been news that the European Union and America are considering the option of banning Russians from issuing visas. Maybe it will come to that. Hope it all ends soon.

I have Russian and Ukrainian friends, and they are together now supporting each other.

 

[Zorro]

Due to the war in Ukraine I decided to uninstall Kaspersky.

If Evgeny Kaspersky personally participated in the hostilities in Ukraine, then your position would be logical. Otherwise, this position is strange.

 

[Viking]

Hello,
Due to the war in Ukraine I decided to uninstall Kaspersky.
This is my small participation in the international sanctions against Russia.

I was thinking how many people would uninstall Kaspersky yesterday due to this war.

Ukraine are at war with Putin not Russia, That's how I see it.

 

[jetman]

If the market share of Kaspersky falls as a result of the Ukraine situation then the product may become weaker due to the lack of malware samples. That’s the main concern I have as a user of their products. That would be a shame because the anti-malware market is becoming dominated by a couple of big companies, with much less competition than we have seen in the past. Kaspersky have always made technically excellent products, but I fear they will be badly damaged by this.

 

[L0ckJaw]

I made a post here on this forum with the same concerns as you @L0ckJaw and @silversurfer but the thread was deleted (nothing new). I did not mention anything against any government, it was just a concern about the product and its origin.

I think that the discussion about the product and its origin, as well as the impact that all these actions that are taking place at the moment are valid.

The point is that we should separate the really political issue from the issue of the product itself.

I don't know if I will stop using Kaspersky, but, the concern is yes, valid and the topic was deleted in my opinion pointlessly (this disappointed me a little).

Unfortunately, this forum has disappointed me once again and here I see that many products are much more “protected” compared to others.

I renewed a few days ago my Kaspersky license for another 2 years and for 10 devices, but I confess that on the day of the break-in, it made me wonder if I really shouldn't ask for a refund.

Stop supporting russia

 

[silversurfer]

I made a post here on this forum with the same concerns as you @L0ckJaw and @silversurfer but the thread was deleted (nothing new). I did not mention anything against any government, it was just a concern about the product and its origin.

I think that the discussion about the product and its origin, as well as the impact that all these actions that are taking place at the moment are valid.

The point is that we should separate the really political issue from the issue of the product itself.

I don't know if I will stop using Kaspersky, but, the concern is yes, valid and the topic was deleted in my opinion pointlessly (this disappointed me a little).

Unfortunately, this forum has disappointed me once again and here I see that many products are much more “protected” compared to others.

I renewed a few days ago my Kaspersky license for another 2 years and for 10 devices, but I confess that on the day of the break-in, it made me wonder if I really shouldn't ask for a refund.

So looks like we can use "free speech" Please tell me why you believe my comment #12 looks like in same way to what you wrote in above quotes?

I have no "concerns" about Kaspersky at all, I won't remove Kaspersky Free on my laptop, I may sometime this year just changing to another AV but that's for reason only it's boring to use always the same AV, but I always come back to K. no doubt about that

I'm also disappointed about something here in the forum, but that has nothing to do with MT Staff what may deletes any thread/post from me, they found a reason so I have to accept!
Everyone can leave a certain forum for some reason but keep in mind even on other forums all people have to follow rules otherwise doesn't work same like in real life (offline)...

 

[Zorro]

was thinking how many people would uninstall Kaspersky yesterday due to this war.

Ukraine are at war with Putin not Russia, That's how I see it.

Removing software is not difficult. But why? To harm Putin? Putin does not care whether you remove Kaspersky Anti-Virus or not, in any case, the one who removes the program will lose from the removal of an anti-virus that offers one of the best system protections in the world.

 

[plat]

But ultimately, it's your money and your choice. You must follow your convictions if you feel that strongly. I still have enormous respect for the online security presence that was/is Kaspersky but have no doubt whatsoever that many customers have taken this same action by removing it. Kaspersky will probably be hurt again. They took the right precautions years ago by becoming more global so may that dilute the impact somewhat.

 

[SpiderWeb]

Kaspersky code was already audited, probably the only AV firm that offered their code to be audited in 2017, so before telling things without sense, perform some research

It was given to the NSA for auditing which as we all know is the greatest most transparent auditing firm ever.

 

[Dave Russo]

I respect everyone' s opinion. But I didn't join this forum to read politic inspired discussions, not to mention a pointless war of words.

Better off letting the Administrators decide, no one is forced to read or respond.

 

[Zorro]

If the market share of Kaspersky falls as a result of the Ukraine situation then the product may become weaker due to the lack of malware samples.

How can the situation in Ukraine correlate with the number of samples in antivirus signature databases? For some reason, in 2014 the situation in Ukraine did not affect the ratings of Kaspersky in AV-Comparatives, AV-Test, the antivirus still continued to show excellent results in laboratory tests.

 

[RansomwareRemediation]

It's a good step and a safety measure for you. Kaspersky has turned an army of computers into sleeper cells. Never Kaspersky.

why do you say that? I have 2 computers with Kaspersky and it works perfectly, what does Kaspersky have to do with war? explain to me? Kaspersky moved its servers to swizeland, therefore it is not as Russian as it is said. Greetings to all.

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

Yes, we should talk a bit about the massive cyber-attacks going on in the Ukraine right now. They seem to be ruthless.

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

why do you say that? I have 2 computers with Kaspersky and it works perfectly, what does Kaspersky have to do with war? explain to me? Kaspersky moved its servers to swizeland, therefore it is not as Russian as it is said. Greetings to all.

But they still a Dev department in Russia.