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Starting Thursday, Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky deleted its anti-malware software from customers' computers across the United States and automatically replaced it with UltraAV's antivirus solution.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I woke up and saw this new antivirus system on my desktop and I tried opening kaspersky but it was gone. So I had to look up what happened because I was literally having a mini heart attack that my desktop somehow had a virus which uninstalled kaspersky somehow," one user said.

To make things worse, while some users could uninstall UltraAV using the software’s uninstaller, those who tried removing it using uninstall apps saw it reinstalled after a reboot, causing further concerns about a potential malware infection.

Oh my!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

That they thought Kaspersky wasnt malware....

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Makes you wonder who the hell was still running kaspersky in the US..

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People too computer illiterate to understand this situation.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You might be able to subtract the "computer" part out of your comment

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Great way to prove the US right that your software is untrustworthy... could've just shut up and complied instead of installing crap with no notice on people's systems.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

Notice that UltraAV belongs to UltraVPN, company that looks like it's under Chinese control (despite ban on VPNs they are suspiciously allowed to operate there)

UltraAV is basically non-existent outside of this news, so it likely is Kaspersky in new skin too bypass federal regulation.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My Kaspersky uninstalled, and reinstalled LINUX!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

The good ending

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe that's windows should do.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Yeh I uninstalled it when Germany flagged it back in 2022. Dodged that bullet 😁

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Christ what a clusterfuck. How could anyone think this was a good idea?