Meanwhile Vanguard having kernel-level access, while being maintained by a game company, not even a security company xd

@P7Hook

Ай бұрын

Isn't it chinese, too?

@isrmjord

Ай бұрын

@@P7Hook yup, tencent has majority

@cranberrysauce61

Ай бұрын

biggest difference is the CCP hasn't directly threaten military action against US or its allies, and/or directly involved in war with a country the US has ties to.

@gearfriedtheswmas

Ай бұрын

@@cranberrysauce61 Chi-na has connections with Russia

@tpd1864blake

Ай бұрын

@@gearfriedtheswmasRussia and China are not on good terms right now I think

Kaspersky caught the NSA setting up a back door into every Windows machine with Eternal Blue and also came up with a way to determine if your device is infected with Pegasus. This is why Kaspersky is banned.

@FurkanOz480

Ай бұрын

Howly how do u know

@Marco-uo9ww

Ай бұрын

Eternal Blue wasnt found by Kaspersky it got leaked by The Shadow Brokers. Pegasus is amateur work compared to the shit the NSA pulls off.

@Marco-uo9ww

Ай бұрын

Also operation triangulation makes Pegasus look like a joke.

@kabloosh699

Ай бұрын

@@FurkanOz480 it would make sense since it undermines US deep state interests.

@Capt-Intrepid

Ай бұрын

No. Any anti-malware company could do that as well.

It's likely not a coincidence they decided to outlaw Kaspersky right after they figured out how to counter their greatest ally's Pegasus.

@knowwhatimeme

Ай бұрын

Never did trust these anti virus's back then and I still don't now!

@yacine.3_2023

Ай бұрын

interesting

@Halcyon737

Ай бұрын

What do you mean?

@metazare

Ай бұрын

It most certainly retaliation for that. It they were actually concerned about hostile nation software they'd be banning all chinese software because chinese businesses also have a requirement to surrender any and all information to the CCP if they're told to. Chinese spies are caught in the US all the time trying to steal things in government and research so they more than meet the criteria for being considered a hostile nation. China just makes all the worlds cheap goods so no one's willing to actually do anything about it.

@mr.sunshine1444

Ай бұрын

@@Halcyon737 Israel created Pegasus. Kaspersky was one of the first anti-virus's to be able to stop Pegasus. So, take from that what you will but i think he means that the US doesn't want a Russian anti-virus stopping a Israeli (US ally) virus from spying on Americans, for the US government.

and we are back in cold war times

@koreyb

Ай бұрын

but this time around, we are trying to have a command economy. We want to be the commies this time.

@UmVtCg

Ай бұрын

Livin under a rock ehy

@frankenmizer828

Ай бұрын

friend, the cold war never stopped

@omegand.

Ай бұрын

Cold? There's literally a war going on right now...

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

Cold War never ended buddy. Collapse of the USSR only paused the bad feelings between the USA and Russia.

They don't want Kaspersky to reveal whatever NSA is doing.

@4Nanook

17 күн бұрын

That is exactly it!

All of the excuses to ban Kaspersky applies to Windows, Android, Google cloud services, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Office Suite, each and every american antivirus, Apple Creative Cloud, each and every company that offers cloud storage, backups and sync...... But yeah. Kaspersky is the problem.

@y0._.

Ай бұрын

XD

@PinnuskaTV

Ай бұрын

America being America, stupid people stupid rules

CIA does not like to be detected on every single PC.

@farhanrejwan

Ай бұрын

very well said.

@DrMrPersonGuy

10 күн бұрын

Americabad, very original. Don't talk about the FSB, only americabad.

@adamk.7177

9 күн бұрын

@@DrMrPersonGuy Ding ding. You're the only guy in this comment section who knows anything. Kaspersky is suspicious because they catch Russian malware too early - like WAY earlier than everyone else. They've had ties with the FSB in the past, even if they 'broke them off'. It's pretty clear that they're on the same team as the guys making the viruses. Everyone in this comment section and even unfortunately the video maker themselves does not get that it's a stupid idea to put foreign software that may introduce a backdoor into your PC if you're thinking about things from a security mindset. A security mindset should be your top priority, even if you 'trust' this software.

@unrealbot3027

6 күн бұрын

​@@DrMrPersonGuy aww did you hurt your peepee on the shit spangled banner?

@julienckjm7430

2 күн бұрын

​@@DrMrPersonGuy So you think AmericaGood? 😂😂😂

The argument that "the source code for the software is unknown" falls apart when so many other programs, not just AVs, are closed-source.

@waterturtle2919

Ай бұрын

The implied argument is "the source code for the software of a Russian company is unknown". Considering that the US and Russia are in a proxy war, the ban makes sense.

@chamezard

Ай бұрын

And windows is closed sourced too.

@STCatchMeTRACjRo

Ай бұрын

@@chamezard reason you should not use windows

@francoisleveille409

Ай бұрын

Putin pays one team to make malware and gets money from the other team making and selling Kaspersky. He then takes the malware's code from the team making them and hands it to the team making Kaspersky. Neat way to fund an army.

@waterbloom1213

Ай бұрын

​@@STCatchMeTRACjRo But I thought security through obscurity was cool. How are you going to hack something if you literally cannot see the screen? /s

Translation, NSA can't freely access their costumers data.

I feel more threatened by meta, google, apple and microsoft rather than kaspersky.

@yesitschelle

Ай бұрын

No joke. Third parties test Kaspersky regularly. They run it through the wringer, and it's fantastic.

@ssr4xlxl691

Ай бұрын

I do so Nobody can trust US as well

@Pakistani890

Ай бұрын

i think more than Google, Apple or Microsoft, meta by far is the worst the SELL your data plus they don't have good history of security breaches and have lost massive no. of accounts to hackers...

@ChrisGagner

Ай бұрын

Those companies are just collecting our data for the U.S. government.. so nothing to worry about. I'm sure it's fine. 🙄 Don't ask questions.

@DragonGamer-ly3lf

Ай бұрын

​@@ssr4xlxl691I'll rather trust Russia than U.S. because at least they don't collect my personal data and send it to the goverment and profit of it.

The real cause was 100% that they figured out how to counter Pegasus

@DangerWrap

Ай бұрын

Also they previously uploaded NSA spyware to their cloud.

@flyfin108

Ай бұрын

my first thought

@chri-k

Ай бұрын

@@DangerWrap they did?

It was because of Pegasus. Kaspersky was able to uninstall government-spyware.

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

Or maybe because it's software easily compromised by the Kremlin.

@evilleader1991

Ай бұрын

they also uncovered Triangulation exploit on iOS:

@SB-qm5wg

Ай бұрын

stuxnet, eternalblue, WannaCry, etc.

@iamwitchergeraltofrivia9670

Ай бұрын

Uninstall Windows Tracking is not good

@xXstevilleXx

Ай бұрын

Bingo someone who did some research, I did not mention this in my own comment but not only that, look at the CVE registry to see there is far more to this... Regardless, Kaspersky is SOC 2 TYPE II compliant and certified, I hope you understand what international requirements you must meet to even be considered for a SOC 2 (not to mention a TYPE II) certification. If you get that you know why this relates to the former. But Again, if I am a better man, which I am not, I would think the US will Recommend Trend Micro or Sophos. Which is ok, better than McFee and other known brands but again you can independently verify why END POINT security by Kaspersky makes the rest look like ClamAV. But fair enough, politics aside, Sophos have great solutions and in my experience better than Trend Micro. So what is next, Proton? Yes the Kaspersky Labs they are cutting ties with is Swiss not Russian... again must of the same vibe going on as was the case with TT. Oh to get a SOC 2 TYPE II certification you must have independent labs (ovrtr 680) review your source code. I can go on and on about standards but as the commenter said, it is about Pegasys.

Ban Kaspersky keep Microsoft no penalty for screenshoting users every 2 seconds and sending it to their server's

@JohnDoe-uw9nq

Ай бұрын

Source?

@EpicBunty

Ай бұрын

Where you heard this one ?

@Treeman3

Ай бұрын

@@EpicBunty windows recall feature

@richardmillhousenixon

14 күн бұрын

​@@Treeman3It doesn't send it back to servers. It's a privacy problem, but only if someone gains access to your machine.

It is simple, everything Kaspersky is being accused of, are normal operations of the accuser.

@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv

Ай бұрын

Not quite. The 'accuser' is not, presently, run by a man that murders his national opposition. Eugene Kaspersky could be murdered if he does not do what Putin wants. That is not speculation it is a fact. Putin murders Russians that annoy him.

@MuammarQadaffi

Ай бұрын

"They" love to accuse others of what they are guilty of. This happened many, many times in history.

@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv

Ай бұрын

@@MuammarQadaffi Russia is run by a murderer and tyrant. So are many Islamic nations. Perhaps that is why you making that claim.

@Zemlja_je_ravna

24 күн бұрын

They use china to spy and they just buy info from them.

The US is really worried about Kaspersky discovering things about the Pegasus spyware...

@GTV8593

Ай бұрын

this does not stop any security research being done by the Kaspersky teams. that literally not how internet works, bub. all this does is mitigates the number of potential targets within the US from falling victim to a pseuo-Commercial company that is directly controlled by Kremlin. this isn't a hyperbole. if a nation like Russia routinely sends teenagers to prison for merely mentioning Ukraine in a positive light, how much control do you think they have over devs at a company like Kaspersky that have root access to users PCs?

@rusl1rusl

Ай бұрын

@@GTV8593 We do not send teenagers to prison for this, you are victim of a propaganda.

@lordmike9331

Ай бұрын

@@GTV8593 yup! american spyware allowed only. the U.S government is the only government who deserves your data. And there is no actual evidence kaspersky is nefarious, being russian means the U.S government shouldnt use it but banning it for citizens is a stretch. It's like tiktok was under fire when people act like instagram aint taking your data

@NekousagiKorou

Ай бұрын

@@GTV8593 The Swiss company Kaspersky

@sush7117

Ай бұрын

​@@GTV8593 can you provide a name of at least one teenager who ended up in prison for said deed?

Avast already got hacked and sells users' data without any consequences 😂

@gamerdudegamerdude4961

Ай бұрын

it even has prebuilt coin miner that stealthily uses your cpu to mine in the background. 👍

@farhanrejwan

Ай бұрын

consent, not consciousness 😂

@novianindy887

Ай бұрын

really? I dont find it in any news

@Chocobollz

Ай бұрын

​@@farhanrejwanIt isn't conscious, yet. Just wait until they put AI on it 😏😁

@SMGJohn

Ай бұрын

@@gamerdudegamerdude4961 REALLY?

Through the years Kaspersky have always been among the top quality AVs. If they ever decide to do something rogue - it will be their last, because a reputation of a security company can be ruined with just 1 such move, and it will get known, you can't hide it forever, if you do something malicious - it will be uncovered. The craziest part of the accusations to me is, that they say Kaspersky may eventually hold back updates to allow for malware - which they never did - but the US NSA with Microsoft and other vendors actually did that on multiple occasions. It is up to you at the end whom do you trust - the competent Biden administration or your common senses :)

If the US doesn't like a particular security software, it makes me more inclined towards actually start using it rather than uninstalling it.

@Brave_Lion

Ай бұрын

You will be the target of surveillance and potential blackmail if you use Russian apps. Because that's what they practice.

@Negiku

Ай бұрын

@@Brave_Lion Russia is not known to be spying on the general public unlike a certain organisation

@Rubycon99

Ай бұрын

@@Brave_Lion Lol

@eye_close

Ай бұрын

​@@Brave_Lionlmao, nafo bots glow so hard😂 I wonder what kind of data pegasus has on you

@Brave_Lion

Ай бұрын

@@eye_close The American authorities are the authorities. The Russian authorities are a mafia without moral principles who want to organize a bloody revolution all over the world (you can see what this looks like in Ukraine). This is the reason why you should not use Russian apps. Russians are looking all over the world for terrorists and radicals in order to force them to commit murders and sabotage through bribery, propaganda or blackmail.

russian intelligence access my data is no better or worse than what the NSA already does to all my data in stationary or transit 24/7.

@benismann

Ай бұрын

Im not sure, but I would be more concerned about my country getting my data more than any other one coz they kinda can do more with that than say, idk, france

Man. Freedom is changing its definition pretty quick.

@kuroenekodemon

Ай бұрын

It’s almost scary how fast the US is turning incredibly nationalistic and xenophobic of anything that isn’t American

@SkSafowan

Ай бұрын

You guys never had one to begin with

@Budicles

Ай бұрын

US govt will tell u what to think and how to think.

@arwlyx

Ай бұрын

@@SkSafowan "Your ship is sinking too, just not as fast!!!" Wow, sick burn dude. You really got em with that one

@horasefu1438

Ай бұрын

nope, but it's sad to see people buying into, even passively, the exact thing political entities are trying to do - change language to change the way you think. the fact that freedom is being visibly eroded (not like it wasn't previously but nobody paid attention) absolutely does not mean its definition changing.. no sequitor - absolute nonsense.

This is geopolitical

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

It's the Kremlin's fault for infesting every company in Russia

@chri-k

Ай бұрын

this stone also kills a second bird: Kaspersky recently figured out how to remove Pegasus ( malware the NSA uses ), and they obviously don't want people to be able to use that ability.

@farhanrejwan

Ай бұрын

indeed. but they can't say it on this channel.

@NyronGT

Ай бұрын

@@farhanrejwan Can't? Or don't want to?

I've used Kaspersky for decades and It has always served me flawlessly. If the organized criminal enterprise (the US government) tells me not to use it, I'm going to keep using it.

@knox5380

Ай бұрын

Just gives you another reason to keep using it.

@me-fv5xb

Ай бұрын

The most dangerous words from government is " I'm from the government and we're here to help

@neglafar973

Ай бұрын

I've been using Kaspersky since the mid late 90s never a problem

@Pakistani890

Ай бұрын

@@me-fv5xb so sad tho i mean gov. are supposed to help people but here the US gov is becoming a criminal enterprise....

@jackcatman8932

Ай бұрын

@@Pakistani890Every government. Not just the US one.

Is Windows a spyware? YES!

@sachinvinodlk

18 күн бұрын

Meta, Google and other US companies too.. 😄

I think X and Meta pose greater risks than Kapersky...

@derek8564

Ай бұрын

why....

@eddys.3524

Ай бұрын

@@derek8564 do you know what kind of people Musk and Zuckerberg are?? If you know, you wouldn't trust anything they touch.

@frankenmizer828

Ай бұрын

and you'd be wrong

@mr.mastermind4840

Ай бұрын

There's no doubt about that

@eddys.3524

Ай бұрын

@@frankenmizer828 NO.

I do admit I use Linux and not windows anymore but to me ... Kaspersky and maybe Bit Defender are the only two AV scanners WORTH using

@A1stardan

Ай бұрын

Kaspersky isn't available on Linux right?

@namansharma6561

20 күн бұрын

@@A1stardan Linux don't require av's in most cases

Theyre mad that kaspersky removed their backdoors 😂

Btw, John mcafee did not kill himself.

Used it for 14 years - found the product excellent.

@user-fm4kr8yo2t

26 күн бұрын

Same here.

@HameedUnfiltered

22 күн бұрын

Alright Putin.

@spookyskellyskeleton609

5 күн бұрын

​@@HameedUnfiltered are you autistic?

Universal Exploitable Firmware Interface and Microsoft are the weakest links in cybersecurity

I think it's way more about politics and economic pressure than anything that's truly a security concern. We're flooded with projects from other countries that aren't the friendliest towards us and nobody seem to care one little bit. But this one product is being used to score political points for somebody.

"Whatever government tells you, do the opposite."

@user-tl4fi6oy8d

Ай бұрын

Puerile. There are no simple rules and everything must be judged case by case. There are 10,000 things that the government and its agents do every day that allow you live your life in a comfortable enough state so that you can watch your anime and post on the internet.

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

This type of logic sounds good until you actually start abiding by it. Gov' says I shouldn't eat nuclear waste so should I do it anyway?

@Windows11Official

Ай бұрын

​@@BhumiPiltzBro just shut up and stop licking government's boots

@getl0st

Ай бұрын

Especially when they want you to inject untested gene therapy into your body 🤮

@cameronguinn2360

Ай бұрын

Brainlet take

Since SCOTUS struck down the Chevron Deference yesterday, I wonder if the Dept of Commerce has the authority to enforce this Kaspersky ban.

@frankenmizer828

Ай бұрын

They do. So does the DoJ.

*Im in the USA, I'll still be using Kaspersky via VPN* NOBODY tells me what I can or cannot use!!!

@TruthSeekers13

Ай бұрын

Kaspersky protect you from nsa.that why they want it banned

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

Good for you man, there's equally good and better software but keep on keeping on.

@ChrisM541

Ай бұрын

Well...good on you, comrade ;)

@johnsmith1953x

Ай бұрын

@@ChrisM541 I'm a republican capitalist silly!!

@repairman2be250

Ай бұрын

@@BhumiPiltz Which one is the better software?

Lol, there is another country who's software is embedded into US Gov't systems. Moss(t) Odd.

@bomlife1572

Ай бұрын

they wont do anything against their "greatest ally" and Overlord

@EpicBunty

Ай бұрын

What's that?

@dans.o.s.d.s6971

Ай бұрын

He means that the yzraeli intelligence agency (aka the mo ssad), may have some privileged access to public/sensitive data, due to the infiltration of their High Tech companies/startups working under the banner of Big Tech... basically all the info is infiltrated indirectly to the Yzraeli government... The issue with that, is that the NSA knows it... Horrifying!

@dans.o.s.d.s6971

Ай бұрын

probably this data is used primarily for 2 objectives : 1/ Use it for commercial purposes, basically profiting with barely any expenses. as well as, having a good understanding of US consumers which provide a high competitiveness advantage. 2) Politics, manipulating the public in a way that suits their agenda. The US is their golden Easter, unfortunately we pay for their development, whereas many schools are extremely underfunded...

@soheilsheikh

Ай бұрын

Can you tell some more about this embed software?

I have Kaspersky plus for nearly one year its the best antivirus no bloat no popups the perfect antivirus

I'll just keep my VPN tuned to a country other than the US when I need to update the product

@JorgeLopez-qj8pu

Ай бұрын

IRS: “See, I told the general the fines write themselves. 😊”

Kaspersky just gained a customer 💯📈

Glad I live in Germany with this one, Kaspersky seems reliable and competent, from all that I have heard from them so far.

@kimmarcelnarweleit3867

Ай бұрын

Bis unsere Politik meinen mit zuziehen mit dem ban, wie sie es ja auch schon bei tiktok erwähnt haben

@kaminekoch.7465

Ай бұрын

All major German private and government-owned companies banned Kaspersky by themselves when the war started. You are of course free to install spyware by yourself.

@caylarabdk8389

Ай бұрын

been using kaspersky since 2016. i don't notice any impact in performance and i have not once been infected, and i use the computer 12 hours a day on average

I wonder if going after Kapersky is a test case to set precedent before enforcing the TikTok ban.

I like Kaspersky. It's powerful, and blocks ALL malware. I never had a problem with it. In fact the free version has blocked all malware--it's great.

The Department of Commerce no longer has the authority to adhoc just ban a product. They can set recommendations and control government procurement. They no longer have Chevron Difference as a legal argument. Now hoping for a good judge to review the appropriate laws and if no law says Department of Commerce has the power to ban a product or service, This ruling goes away. Too bad it will take longer than 100 days to get through the court system.

@vladimirdorta6692

Ай бұрын

This is true and I'm sure Kaspersky will take action based on the ruling. It's too big a market to just accept the ban.

Same with China and TP-Link but the customer loves cheap networking devices. Huawei was the same with more backbone networking devices.

You can still use Kaspersky Free global version. The ban is only prohibiting Kaspersky from OFFER aka selling its products

@farhanrejwan

Ай бұрын

the free version is not as secure as the paid version for obvious reasons. while most users could go for what you suggested, not everyone's daily needs can be met with that.

@nelsone.hernandez6654

Ай бұрын

If the ban is not lifted, Kaspersky may be forced to comply on its side by blocking connections from the US, so any Kaspersky software won’t work. You would have to use a VPN to make it work

@nelsone.hernandez6654

Ай бұрын

@@farhanrejwanThe free version is very good with fewer features as the paid options. I remember installing it on a PC that turned out was infected, and after scanning and rebooting as required by Kaspersky, I rescanned and it was clean and safe to use

@repairman2be250

Ай бұрын

Just buy a license from outside the USA.

@farhanrejwan

Ай бұрын

@@repairman2be250 sneak 100 😂

Jesus you could argue Microsoft could do the same thing through an update. Not sure I believe this but I understand the logic.

@gzcwnk

Ай бұрын

and hence dont trust Microsoft, install Linux

@INEXTERMINABLE

Ай бұрын

@@gzcwnk fr

@INEXTERMINABLE

Ай бұрын

Well obviously but it's the USA that's banning these, they want the control of being able to hold foreign companies, for example, with the tiktok ban that's soon to come, if the tiktok company relocates to a USA based company then the USA has the ability to use a court issued warrant to easily gain access to all it's data on the users. Also I do believe that this will slowly crawl so that they ban foreign VPN's unless they're USA based in order to do the same thing and spy on the users.

@pride4577

Ай бұрын

@@gzcwnk With linux, this can be done just as easily lol. Many developers are located in America. Many programs are created in America. What prevents the NSA from embedding a backdoor into the program so that it will be almost impossible to detect? Linux has found vulnerabilities that have not been fixed for 10 years. There is also a recent case of a vulnerability that was found literally by accident.... And if my memory serves me correctly, it was discovered by a Microsoft employee, not a vaunted community....

@marcusjohansson668

Ай бұрын

Logic? USA want to control everyone is the logic. The reason is exactly the same as to why USA did not ban ticktok but rather want a us company to acquire it. Only USA has the "right" to spy and wreck havoc on and from the internet. You know, like having a backdoor to every single win10 home for a few years, or trying to make a nuclear facility in a foreign country go booom...

As someone who lives outside of US and Russia I'm amazed they didn't banned Kaspersky earlier... ofc speaking from geopolitical tension point of view.

@bomlife1572

Ай бұрын

wanna question something else? Why did the US spent trillion of dollars for Cold War against SU, yet still was buying their rocket engines until recently

@drsatyamupadhyay

Ай бұрын

​@@Rubicola174 Read that again

@jiffonbuffo

Ай бұрын

Because Kaspersky discovered Pegasus, a spyware for IOS and Android. Some powerful country somewhere didn't like that.

@WolfRites

Ай бұрын

@@jiffonbuffo Not entirely true. Citizen Lab (and Lookout) discovered Pegasus on iOS.. Kaspersky researchers then found out it worked on Android as well, through a different mode of attack.

@SaltyBalsZ

Ай бұрын

​@@jiffonbuffo Don't forget operation triangulation

I still think the Pegasus stuff is the real reason why Kaspersky is getting banned.

This entire ban is based purely on geopolitics. Kaspersky Lab offered to have their product code analyzed by an independent third party, but the U.S. ignored this, just as it ignored all other factors that point to the company's transparency (such as the Global Transparency Initiative, under which the company set up special transparency centers and moved data processing to Switzerland). Surprisingly, there are some people who seriously consider this ban to be a strong argument in favor of not using Kaspersky antivirus.

I would still trust Kaspersky more than any other av program from America.

@wildbill4496

Ай бұрын

You might as well buy the protection software from the same country producing the most viruses, malware, etc. that makes you need something like Kaspersky. Create the problem then supply the solution. That's Russia.

@TomokoAbe_

Ай бұрын

Yeah--both Norton and McAfee are garbage.

It's more about financial sanctions.

@ethimself5064

Ай бұрын

I gave it up 6 years ago for Bitdefender. Putin is literally a one man Dictator hence he can do anything he wants as Kaspersky is literally A Russian com[any with is HQ in Moscow

What’s stopping them, creating a U.S. version, under a subsidiary, new name, same engine different skin, compiled in the U.S.

@frankenmizer828

Ай бұрын

The SEC.

@dave24-73

Ай бұрын

@@frankenmizer828 might want to expand on that, it would be a totally different company formed and based in US.

@wolfe1978nm

Ай бұрын

@@dave24-73 Likely something to it. Xiaomi has US operations but their phones are still banned here. They are so big they could easily do what you mentioned. Which really makes no sense as iPhones were made in China for decades.

@anujmchitale

8 күн бұрын

​@@dave24-73Totally different company that would be legally bound to allow NSA backdoors in its software, just like other American software. Why would an honest and capable Anti Virus company want that? The same one who exposed the NSA backdoors and even showed some level of detection of the Pegasus spyware?

I'm personally using Kaspersky. Never had any problems. Sadly being part of the modern world. No matter what security software you use. There is a level of trust when giving software access to your hardware. It's just one of those things I guess. Mind you this ban doesn't affect me since I'm in the land of Downunder.

@MoreEvilThanYahweh

Ай бұрын

Indeed, you have more to fear from your land's and their allies intelligence services than far-off Russia. The former actually have the power to use info and access against you legally.

@rps215

Ай бұрын

I think ultimately depends on what is the purpose of the device it is installed in. If you are working with for example the US government and handling some very important secrets that Russian Intelligence might want, then it might not be a good idea to use Kaspersky. On the other hand, if you are an everyday person who have nothing in particular that is of interest to Russian or even Chinese intelligence and instead have a greater risk of some corpos sneaking in Pegasus and the like to steal your personal data for God-knows-what purposes, then it is safer to use Kaspersky than say Norton or Mcafee.

@MoreEvilThanYahweh

Ай бұрын

@@rps215 Sure, but government machines/users were already banned from using Kaspersky (by rule, if not law) for years now. This is more of a punishment or tit for tat by the US than anything related remotely close to protecting its citizens as claimed.

@Treeman3

Ай бұрын

where women glow and men plunder can you hear the thunder you better better run you better take cover

Kaspersky has achieved the SOC 2 Type 2 report in accordance with the SSAE 18 standard (Security criteria) issued by an independent third-party auditor. MITRE ATT&CK evaluation confirms the quality of Kaspersky’s solution. Kaspersky products participated in 927 independent tests and reviews... Man, just go to SE Labs and get get the data. The Bureau of Industry and Security are doing this for one reason, do some research and see what Kaspersky may have discovered so instead those who know will know. Suppose the US will get all on Trend or something, since the division dealing with the US is based in Switzerland... any how I am sure the FSB will respond, since it the US maintains the usual "Threat to national security" etc. approach but it is basically just another sanction of sorts. Based on nothing but allegations. which is why I said this is to be expected, not the first time the US tried this neither (go back to 2017). Regardless, like I said, if the US banned TT and now now Kaspersky wanna take a wild guess what is next... want to consider why the EU did not ban Kaspersky? yeah there is much more to this but do you own research

Kaspersky has saved my ass multiple times, it's hard to consider an alternative. I am not based in the US, but I do visit. What considerations will I have to make? Forced to uninstall when traveling? What about the VPN or Password Manager?

@musicalboy9122

Ай бұрын

Top 2 options are bitdefender and Kaspersky but Kaspersky is over all better

@Dionysor

Ай бұрын

you won't need anything if you perk up your prevention: watch what you download, ublock origin with all lists enabled, adblock and malblock DNS in your router

@xponen

Ай бұрын

@@Dionysor one also need services that block or notify scam sites. The reason is self-control/prevention might not work if the social engineering is too good. Kaspersky have that services.

@Dionysor

Ай бұрын

@@xponen ublock origin has such lists:)

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

Being a competent internet user is the best security.

hardware and software choices boil down to who do you feel comfortable being spied on by. Its been that way for quite a while.

I like your pronunciation of "The Gremlin". From now on I'll use that in my friend group.

@what_the_actual_hay

Ай бұрын

same lmao

@bradleybrewer9576

Ай бұрын

@@what_the_actual_hay It works too calling them Kremlins some even say their worse then Gremlins

After looking at Packets from Kaspersky their Kaspersky data center lab is stationed in Canada fron seeing it in wireshark.

@nelsone.hernandez6654

Ай бұрын

I think they also have servers in Mexico as well

I really love Kaspersky, trust them a lot more than the bureaucracy

@GTV8593

Ай бұрын

i have doubts that you understand the meaning of the word "bureaucracy"

@GainingDespair

Ай бұрын

@@GTV8593 Nice opinion, irrelevant, but nice none the less.

@Maya-ls3ky

Ай бұрын

Trusting Russian software is plain retarded

@mr.sunshine1444

Ай бұрын

@@GainingDespair lmfao

Would somebody please explain how this represents more of a threat than something like a laptop that's made in China? I'd think that ingredients such BIOS, various embedded controllers, management engines, etc. could an issue as well...

@lainamitclaire

Ай бұрын

Why would those be a threat? You're required to explain how all of those devices work before they can be sold in the US. The NSA even mandates complete access to every part of them and anything they're capable of.

@juanin200

Ай бұрын

@@lainamitclaire That makes their decision on Kaspersky even more questionable, the NSA can verify what every pc component made in China can and can't do, but they can't prove Kaspersky is or could be used as malware, and base their ban purely on speculation? Just like Leo said, if they want to protect against foreign, enemy countries using technology as a leverage against the US, they'd have to ban *all* kinds of software made by Russia, not just one particular antivirus

@lainamitclaire

Ай бұрын

@@juanin200 I'm not saying it makes sense, I'm saying "If you ban Kaspersky why not ban all silicon from China" makes even LESS sense.

@hotmixer2010

Ай бұрын

You mean Lenovo

@rainzerdesu

Ай бұрын

What BIOS chip and firmware are you using that is Chinese? You probably have an American (ie American Megatrends) or Taiwanese (Insyde) bios chip and firmware. You're also more likely to have US semiconductors (since they make up like 50% of the global market) than China's.

what antivirus are you using?

I was waiting for your take with abated breath. Ive got to watch this later when less noise but thank you in advance

Kaspersky is the best

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

lmaoo

Nobody can force me to not use apps I want to use.

@nathanielalderson9111

Ай бұрын

But laptops or phones with them installed can be seized.

@ballsack7692

Ай бұрын

Exactly. Information wants to be free, so let it stay free.

@frankenmizer828

Ай бұрын

Heh. Sure - go ahead and think that. Watch as near-future Microsoft Patch Tuesdays rip it right out of your system.

@davel4030

Ай бұрын

They can force you to not be able to update without going through a bunch of hoops

@bolsonaro-ku9uz

Ай бұрын

Windows? Linux all the way then baby​@@frankenmizer828

kaspersky antivirus is my favourite malwares detection software...

This law is advertising Kaspersky because it takes care of Pegasus.

So what about any video game? Any audio file any? There's a lot of things that are closed source that you don't have the source to

In some ways the Cold War never ended.

So what if I DON'T switch too other software? Are government agents just going to come knocking on my door? I don't think so...

@repairman2be250

Ай бұрын

You might be just raided by heavily armed swat teams.

@Blubking1

Ай бұрын

arrested for being a russian spy /s

This pisses me off no end. Just my opinion, but Kaspersky is by far the best antivirus

@Dizycuh

Ай бұрын

Same here, I’ve been using it for almost 3 years now and just renewed my subscription 2 days ago. I guess we’ll be forced to move to a close second such as Bitdefender

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

Kaspersky is overrated.

@Knards

Ай бұрын

@@BhumiPiltz Nyet. Top of the line

@vladimirdorta6692

Ай бұрын

Same here. I've used it for years, and it has saved me a couple of times.

@Dizycuh

Ай бұрын

@@BhumiPiltz kaspersky is overrated my ass

i'm more worried about google than kaspersky... give me a break

the ban is 100% political.

I’m getting a brand new gaming pc with win 11 and I’m going to follow your tutorial for streamlining the system. A few questions, would you recommend updating the bios, cpu and gpu drivers before first use, if so, which order is the best practice. Since this PC will be a dedicated gaming PC and nothing else would windows defender be adequate?

Here is the scope, with the elimination of Chevron Difference, Unless the law under which Département of Commerce is saying they have the power to block sale of product or service in the US for this specific reason. This order will be struct down as Commerce Department no longer has the power create law. Congress would need to specific pass a law banning Kasperky. The Era of random federal departments creating law is OVER.

I’ve dreaded this day for years. I tried most all AV made outside USA as our American products are plainly crap (Norton, M?Afee, TotalAV- which seems like a scam to me)… so that means, Sophos, HitMan Pro (which is Sophos now), Panda, Avira )even though it’s owned by Norton or whatever the new name is these days), ESET, BitDefender, TrendMicro…. Unfortunately, there is no one products that stands head & shoulders above the rest. RIP Midori, til we meet again.

@DallasIsRokkoS

Ай бұрын

Midori?

@TheChillee

Ай бұрын

@@DallasIsRokkoSMidori Kuma is the name of the green bear Kaspersky uses in their ads 😂

@kronos444

Ай бұрын

@@TheChillee which is literally "green bear" in Japanese

@cesar_onada

Ай бұрын

ESET is Slovak. Bitdefender is Romanian. Both antivirus products are among the best on the market and are part of the European Union. So are G Data (Germany) and F-Secure (Finland). The US may do the same thing it fears from Russia with Kaspersky: abuse companies and customers that use anti-malware solutions from US companies. McAfee, Nortonlifelock (including Norton, Avira, Avast/AVG and Bullguard), Fortinet, Malwarebytes, Panda, VIPRE, Total Defense, eScan. They're all owned by US companies now.

@bigdreams5554

Ай бұрын

The solution is no AV at all :)

I've been kaspersky technician for about 10 years and I only have to say is kaspersky is top notch.

Thanks for this good overview & personal thoughts Leo.

Have you ever considered making a video about creating email aliases? What would be best practice on setting one up? Recently came across a reddit post detailing some of the benefits of using one.

M$ recall is no problem

@_fremdkoerper

Ай бұрын

of course not, recall even stores the data in plaintext so that your good old friend Pegasus (US Spyware) can simply access it without decryption :) Sadly Kaspersky figured out how to detect and counter Pegasus and now theyre banned in the US. Happy little coincedences

@i_cri_evertim

17 күн бұрын

@@_fremdkoerper But NSA can't stop me for downloading Kasperky from a proxy and VPN

Can you make a video of defenderui about a sensible profile for resources wise and sensible profile for security wise?

What alternatives to Kaspersky would you recommend?

@game98745

29 күн бұрын

Bit defender

USA: Only US based spyware is allowed 😤😾

man do I love people being so damn sure that Kaspersky is spyware, purely relying on the fact that it is a Russian software lmao

@juanin200

Ай бұрын

Just like Vanguard, because it is Chinese it must mean the Chinese government wants all of our data, something the US could *never*

@andreasplosky8516

Ай бұрын

Yeah, it is stupid, but I can understand that European and American institutions and corporations won't take the risk.

@berendberend702

Ай бұрын

You didn't watch the video did you

@BhumiPiltz

Ай бұрын

Imagine being this ignorant and proud

@benismann

Ай бұрын

@@andreasplosky8516 which is why it was understandable when they banned it in government. But in the whole country?

Thank you, for this video. Very helpful. You re reliable man

So what would happen to my Kaspersky come September? Actually curious as to how this would work, is it just going to stop working? Guess I need to start looking for another anti-virus.

@gabrielandy9272

Ай бұрын

it should still work, its just that kaspersky will be unable to sell the licences to us but current licenses should work till they expire.

all this says, is that the US has backdoors in american companies.

I've read some of the comments here talking about concerning security measures on different softwares. Solution is simple, just don't use any digital device and live under a rock. But you can't, can you? That's the problem, nobody can

@thinkingimpaired5663

Ай бұрын

100%

You could probably still purchase it outside of the US and use it here. It wasn't even being sold in the US when I first started using it.

When a friend asks to check their laptop, I have always downloaded the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to check the system. Can we still do that after the ban?

Will a VPN allow updates to the app? Someone let me know. I plan on using this past the ban.

@sylphmoon9657

Ай бұрын

I'd like to know what work arounds could we use.

@benismann

Ай бұрын

Considering it updates what feels like every day - that will be problematic

ironically the whole windows OS is spyware

I love Kaspersky. It’s the best security out there, period. I have used it since 2008. No way. I can’t believe this.

So Leo what’s to stop the US to do the same sorts of thing to like Norton or Sophos or any other US based antivirus to do the same thing and potentially “weaponise” that on computers in a given country or situation? - I mean all antivirus software has to have lots of access privileges to do what they do to protect the computers they’re installed on - no matter who produces them or where they’re based

This is what us Americans do... ban things we can't compete with. That's why we increased tariffs on Chinese EV's. We are just big sore losers these days, sulking in a corner all by ourselves.

So you are just screwed out of money if you bought a 3-year subscription?

@A1stardan

Ай бұрын

They won't be able to sell from the enforced ban date is what I assume, not gonna affect one's already have it

How about PC's with VPN's and all the Kaspersky software that connects to USA servers? They will be baned too? Or way around PC from USA update Kaspersky through VPN service in other parts in the world.

> Worries about the security of the antivirus software > Runs Windows 11

No one is allowed to "spy" Americans, but the American government themselves =P

Kaspersky are the good guys.

Just welcome to the trade Wars Before Ww3 baby

Kaspersky has already announced that Kaspersky can no longer be used. Do you have any better suggestions as an alternative to Kaspersky Premium?

Looks like Bitdefender is about to get a lot of customers

@Angel-Pizzaeater

Ай бұрын

lol

@andrewsstuffofficial

Ай бұрын

Bitdefender is the best antivirus in the world.

@Ausf.D.A.K.

Ай бұрын

Just do the opposite of what the US government tells you to do and you'll be fine.

@maureeceposten47

Ай бұрын

I'm a Bitdefender subscriber and I have not had any problems with Bitdefender except, there was no notification of an upcoming automatic renewal for which they do not give you the user the ability to disable or enable. They claim that it is automatically done during the installation process, therefore removing that functionality from the user's ability to control. This means that they can withdraw funds from your account at anytime without your consent ss well charge more for their services and still withdraw funds from your account again without prior notification and your approval.

@omaryk8723

Ай бұрын

@@andrewsstuffofficial lol no it is far from it, it is good indeed but Kaspersky is waaaay better, higher performance better and faster detection