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2015-03-23 Science & Technology

Use Kaspersky Lab AntiVirus? FSB (Russian Intel) controls them

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Posted by OldSpook 2015-03-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I'm shocked. Not.

Posted by gorb 2015-03-23 07:22|| 2015-03-23 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Just catching on to that? The big clue was the press releases on NSA bug plants that had an extensive interview with Snowden, and then a Kapersky guy who just happened to be handy pipes in.
They've been suspect for a long time; now it's overt.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-03-23 07:28|| 2015-03-23 07:28|| Front Page Top

#3 ed in Texas. Could you please repost in Standard US English? There are people outside your county who have no idea what "handy pipes" means.

Posted by JFM 2015-03-23 08:29|| 2015-03-23 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 just happened to be handy = just happened to be nearby (i.e. "at hand").

Pipes in = to insert something into the conversation. This is probably an old shipping term when they used pipes to communicate between different sections of the ship.

Posted by gorb 2015-03-23 09:55|| 2015-03-23 09:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Time for me to switch to Microsoft Security Essentials...

Posted by Raj 2015-03-23 11:27|| 2015-03-23 11:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Your ISP may offer something for free (or included with your connection). I think Comcast offers Norton 360 or something like that.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-03-23 11:43|| 2015-03-23 11:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Note that some US AV companies are suspected to be compromised regarding NSA bugs. Not exactly unexpected.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-03-23 13:19|| 2015-03-23 13:19|| Front Page Top

#8 CF - the last time I used software from Comcast (Norton something or other), it conflicted w/ my tax software. I uninstalled it and got an unrecoverable BSOD, so I had to rebuild my machine in the middle of tax season.

That, and I haven't used Norton since they were folded into Symantec. I think Norton's been shit software since that move.

Posted by Raj 2015-03-23 18:41|| 2015-03-23 18:41|| Front Page Top

#9 For the last three years Kaspersky has been reporting everything used against Iran's nuclear program as if it's part of a broad-spectrum surveillance attempt against regular users. Snowden's half-truth 'revelations' are designed to reinforce this idea.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-03-23 20:55|| 2015-03-23 20:55|| Front Page Top

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