Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kaspersky-deletes-itself-installs-ultraav-antivirus-without-warning/

by clwg • 2 years ago

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Kelteseth• 2 years ago

To make things worse, while some users could uninstall UltraAV using the software’s uninstaller, those who tried removing it using uninstall apps saw it reinstalled after a reboot, causing further concerns about a potential malware infection.

This why one should only use the build in Windows antivirus these days.

chris_wot• 2 years ago

Wtf? How can they even do this?

akimbostrawman• 2 years ago

root access which is required for AVs

sam_goody• 2 years ago

We can dream that shenanigans like this will push at least some users off of Windows

Windows itself gets closer and closer to being "useful spyware" in each release

("Useful spyware" is the category of things like like Chrome , Windows, and some AVs - that provide a real utility in their quest to spy on you.)

Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning

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