Senior manager at Kaspersky arrested in Moscow

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bb34c786f7984407898da815090fa471

by r721 • 9 years ago

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Krevv• 9 years ago

I use Kaspersky, and am starting to regret it. The worst part is the newest version has some great features (built in VPN is pretty easy to use), but I simply dont trust the software anymore. I've heard that simply uninstalling it still leaves some processes running, so i guess i will make the move when i buy a new laptop...

romanovcode2• 9 years ago

I don't understand why people even bother with additional anti-virus for Windows nowadays.

Windows defender is updated very frequently and is running in the background at all times.

Also, unless you are using some shady software e.g. cracks etc.. it is not that easy to catch a computer virus nowadays.

Outpox• 9 years ago

Yep, as long as you stick with an adblocker in your browser and avoid downloading shady things it's pretty safe.

TeMPOraL• 9 years ago

I don't understand why people even bother with additional anti-virus for Windows nowadays.

Old habits die hard. Especially among non-tech-savvy people, who in the past were told so many times that antivirus is essential because Windows is easy to infect, that it's hard now to explain to them that the built-in Windows Defender is good enough.

rubber_duck2• 9 years ago

Windows defender is updated very frequently and is running in the background at all times.

And will often suck your IO and bring your computer to a crawl during say big builds, extracts, installations, etc. I just keep it disabled.

ionised3• 9 years ago

Windows Defender has been shown time and time again in comparatives to be not much better than nothing. Its only plus point was it's low resource requirement.

rwmj• 9 years ago

In my experience it's because of slavishly following PCI-DSS standards (and probably other similar things). For example section 5.1 says:

5.1 Deploy anti-virus software on all systems commonly affected by malicious software (particularly personal computers and servers).

Presumably unless the software was explicitly "deployed" (rather than being bundled with Windows), they don't feel like they are complying.

rando444• 9 years ago

You don't have to be using shady software.. All you have to do is browse the internet.

As long as code execution vulnerabilities in web browsers and common plugins (adobe, etc.) exist.. and they still do, 'drive-by downloading' will continue to spread malware, adware, and ransomware.

elahd• 9 years ago

Windows Defender misses a lot of malware and drive by toolbar installs. I bought licenses of ESET Smart Security for everyone in my immediate family about 3 years ago. They were on Windows Defender before. The number of calls about "my internet isn't working" has dropped to 0 since I rolled out ESET.

smsm426• 9 years ago

It's pretty easy:

a. Troyans aka "Letter from IRS" promising to jail you unless you open it. Yes, a lot of people still fall for that.

b. Browser vulns if you didn't update your browser and visit some weird sites.

c. Plugin vulns such as flash/java - a lot of content, esp. video, still requires flash.

Though I think most cybercrime moved on from old-fashioned viruses to botnets and ransomware (not strictly correct since I'm mixing delivery and monetization here but I hope you get what I mean), since you can make much more money with it. And given the frequency I read about those in the media, they are not rare at all.

r7212• 9 years ago

FAQ mentions "Kaspersky Lab Product Remover" which allegedly removes everything in case of uninstalling problems:

http://support.kaspersky.com/answers#installerrors

Ctrl-F "Delete the files of the earlier installed product versions"

UPD Ah, it has an own page: https://support.kaspersky.com/common/service.aspx?el=1464

crummy• 9 years ago

From my tech support days it seemed like every antivirus or firewall software I encountered had its own unique uninstallation software that you had to download separately if you wanted to completely wipe it off your machine. I don't understand why their standard uninstalls don't do this in the first place.

garganzol• 9 years ago

The same goes for me. From one side, Kaspersky is a reputable and established AV company, from another side it has too tight ties with FSB. Sorry, no trust anymore.

dinodino• 9 years ago

Good luck trying to meddle in the elections in the Netherlands! They vote with pencil and paper http://wijvertrouwenstemcomputersniet.nl/English.

quantumhobbit• 9 years ago

Doesn't matter if they can influence voters with enough "fake news" and document dumps from selectively hacked politicians. Social engineering is always the weakest link.

hueving• 9 years ago

The meddling in the elections in the US the Russians are being accused of has nothing to do with the actual election systems. It's related to impacting the public perception of a candidate by releasing dirt on one at opportune times.

lisivka• 9 years ago

And goal is to break trust between US government and US people.

pabloski• 9 years ago

It is funny that the ones accusing Russia are the same who were in Maidan Square, haranguing the crowds to revolt against Yanukovich ( the democratically elected president ). So meddling is good in one direction and wrong in the other?

dr_hooo• 9 years ago

"U.S. and EU officials also have accused..." "...It wasn't immediately clear if the arrests are somehow linked to these allegations."

Then why bring this up?

Strom• 9 years ago

Maybe because it's a popular topic and many readers may assume it's linked. Of course it's also possible the author just wants to dramatize this event.

saycheese• 9 years ago

This article covers the topic better: http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/01/25/russia...

And here a translation of the Russia newspaper that first covered the arrest: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&...

r7212• 9 years ago

It contains two autoplaying videos though (I firstly submitted that article, but then changed my mind).

msimpson3• 9 years ago

It also contains ad blocker detection which gates the article until you disable it.

mixedCase3• 9 years ago

Works for me with the Anti-Adblock killer list and the Adblock Warning Removal list that are available in uBlock Origin's dashboard.

pragma_2• 9 years ago

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davman• 9 years ago

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pragma_2• 9 years ago

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Senior manager at Kaspersky arrested in Moscow

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