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Source: PCWorld
U.S. blacklists Kaspersky antivirus as a risk to national security
By Mark Hachman
Senior Editor, PCWorld MAR 28, 2022 9:59 AM PDT
Antimalware provider Kaspersky Lab has been blacklisted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, adding its name alongside Huawei and ZTE as companies that are deemed a threat to national security.
The FCC maintains a list of companies which are deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security or the security and safety of United States persons, and added Kaspersky to the list on Friday. Officially, the list now includes China Mobile International USA Inc., China Telecom (Americas) Corp, and AO Kaspersky Labs, as well as their subsidiaries.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said in a statement that adding those companies to the list will help secure our networks from threats posed by Chinese and Russian state backed entities. If a company is on the restricted list, it cant receive federal subsidies, Bloomberg reported. The U.S. federal government banned the use of Kaspersky software in federal information systems in 2017 because of concerns about Kasperskys links to the Russian government.
Individual users may continue to use products blacklisted by the FCC if they choose to do so, however. Kaspersky does not appear in PCWorlds list of the best antivirus programs for your PC but does appear in the current list of PCWorlds best free antivirus programs for Windows. If you try to install Kasperskys free tools, Windows Defender may flag Kaspersky as dangerous. We encountered the issue in our testing, though it wasnt clear why the issues occurred.
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Read more: https://www.pcworld.com/article/626854/kaspersky-blacklisted-as-a-risk-to-u-s-national-security.html
WA-03 Democrat
(3,037 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,168 posts)COL Mustard
(5,871 posts)I don't mean to be Russophobic, but I never trusted that virus protection. Of course I guess you could say that McAfee software is a killer.
(I know, he sold it long ago but still.....)
twodogsbarking
(9,680 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(10,974 posts)They finally go around to blacklisting it?
hlthe2b
(102,141 posts)yet comprehensive programs I'd used over the past couple of decades. Obviously, no one wants to chance what may be "backdoored" in it. But, as I waste considerable time each week dealing with the immensely bloated Norton package, I can't say I don't miss it.
Tetrachloride
(7,819 posts)My main computer isnt connected to the internet at the moment. Every couple of weeks, i might connect it for an hour.
I have 6 core strategies that I use, aside from anti virus software and more strategies which are secondary.
Its been a few years since I found something untoward.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Takket
(21,529 posts)bitdefender has treated me well, if any of you are looking for an alternative.