Subj : Re: Government employees are
To   : Mike Powell
From : Gregory Deyss
Date : Sat Dec 21 2024 10:18:39

 MP> Kaspersky was banned in the US in September this year, but that hasnt
 MP> stopped workers from multiple government agencies from continuing to use
 MP> Kaspersky products. New research from Bitsight has revealed that the
 MP> Russia-based antivirus firm still has a surprising number of customers
 MP> within the US government. 

I ran Kaspersky for many years, I always found their products to be reliable, trustworthy for my needs. 
In addition it behaved and looked like a premium product.  

I knew of the concern that the U.S. Government had, apparently those similar concerns have existed within other countries. 
more at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_and_the_Russian_government

I did NOT have the opportunity to keep it. 
- Strange that other Gov. sys were allowed to keep it. 
- Mine was removed automatically. My system is not Gov. owned.
- a new unheard and therefore untrusted product was installed UltraAV.

I thought this level of CONTROL was more than a bit much. 
It was kinda upsetting and disturbing to realize what just happened. 

Never before has a program been removed from my computer. 
* Without my knowledge. 

Never before has a program been installed as a replacement. 
* Without my knowledge. 

What?

UltraAV was removed and I went with Bitdefender which performed better (more accuracy than Norton.)

.... Still waitng for that Coffee :)

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