Bizarre "download" tonight..

[tombogan03884]

What's the general feeling on Kapersky Internet Security?

I got a 30 day free trial with the new laptop.

Kapersky is tightly connected to the Russian Gov.
Kapersky himself , Like Putin, is former KGB, and no friend of America.

[PegLeg45]

Didn't know that about Kapersky. I ran their Defender-Pro ($20 per year at wal-mart) for several years on my older Windows XP machines. Never had a problem until I went with Windows 7 in 2009. The Defender-Pro wouldn't upgrade and interface properly, and that's when Haz told me about AVG.

[tombogan03884]

Santahog posted a link to a write up on him in Wired magazine, I'll look for the link.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/ff_kaspersky/all/

Here's the thread

http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=20273.0

[PegLeg45]

Thanks, TB.... I guess that was just a thread I missed.


August was a busy month with a lot of stress and family illnesses and such, along with a lot of other crap thrown in like having a new roof installed........ and on and on.........and it's rolling right over into September.

[RTFM]

I feel your pain Peg.... Hope it all works out for you for the better in the end though.

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[kmitch200]

Santahog posted a link to a write up on him in Wired magazine, I'll look for the link.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/ff_kaspersky/all/

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From the link:
In many ways, the relationship between the Kremlin and Kaspersky Lab is the same as the one between Washington and the big US security companies. Moscow gives millions to Kaspersky to help secure government networks—much as the Pentagon pours millions into contracts with McAfee and Symantec. Kaspersky helps the FSB track down cybercrooks; McAfee and Symantec work with the FBI.

Which one is more worrisome for the US citizen? A program that funnels useless info to Russia or one that funnels it to the FBI?

All I want is the best internet security/antivirus program. 

[Rastus]

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Which one is more worrisome for the US citizen? A program that funnels useless info to Russia or one that funnels it to the FBI?
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Good point.  My thoughts exactly.

[tombogan03884]

Russia is one of the leaders in "Cyber warfare", during a diplomatic conflict over energy pricing Estonia, one of the most wired nations in Eastern Europe, lost all communications and banking.
During the Russian invasion of Georgia that country also lost large portions of it's computerized infrastructure.
Do you want your computer dependent on the good will of a nation that is a direct competitor of America ?
Russia is so heavily dependent on industrial espionage that Governments and corporations warn their employees not to have sensitive data on lap tops taken into Russia, (China and France as well ).
Do you want to trust your information to foreign spies ?

[kmitch200]

Do you want to trust your information to foreign spies?

Do I want to trust it to Mueller or Holder? 
They scare me more than Russia does by a long shot.

The avast! you downloaded is HQ'd in Prague, Czech Republic.

[tombogan03884]

Do you want to trust your information to foreign spies?

Do I want to trust it to Mueller or Holder? 
They scare me more than Russia does by a long shot.

The avast! you downloaded is HQ'd in Prague, Czech Republic.

It's also not owned by a KGB operative.
In fact, the Czech Republic is more dedicated to "American ideals" than America is, so that information actually makes me feel better about it.