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Use Kaspersky Lab AntiVirus? FSB (Russian Intel) controls them
 People familiar with the technology [Kaspersky Antivirus and Internet Suite] say it can be altered to gather identifying information from individual computers and has been used to aid the FSB in investigations.Kaspersky Lab's ties dramatically increased after two waves of executive departures, say four of the former insiders. The first came in 2012, after Kaspersky scotched an IPO partnership with Greenwich (Conn.) investment firm General Atlantic. Afterward, Chief Business Officer Garry Kondakov circulated an internal e-mail saying that from then on, the company's highest positions would be held only by Russians High-level managers have left or been fired, their jobs often filled by people with ties to Russia's military or intelligence services. Some of these people actively aid investigations by the FSB, the KGB's successor, using data from some of the 400 million customers who rely on Kaspersky Lab's software, say six current and former employees who declined to discuss the matter publicly because they feared reprisals. The bottom line: Popular security-software maker Kaspersky Lab has close ties to Russian military and intelligence officials. I'd recommend using something else. Apparently they do not investigate much Russian based malware or virus tech if it is part of the FSB "sponsored" stuff Posted by: OldSpook 2015-03-23 |
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