Is It Safe To Continue Using Kaspersky Products ?

Mike,

mike888 said:

Is It Safe To Continue Using Kaspersky Products ?

It is impossible for anybody to know the answer.

Windows Security is just as good an anti-malware application anyway so you'll lose no protection by switching to Defender-only [I assume you'll be upgrading to Windows 10 at some stage].
- Third-party anti-malware utilities are only justifiable by the extra facilities they provide and not by any difference in their level of protection because there is no difference.

Denis

@mike888 -

This has really nothing to do with Russia, Ukraine and the like.

It's a question of ethics!

Kaspersky has some great technical know-how yet has it's own negative karma, so to speak. I don't use or trust it.

The best thing that you can really do is upgrade your remaining but unsupported Windows 7 systems to Windows 10 and use Windows Defender (and firewall) on it.

There is quite a bit of software talent in the world.

OK, comrade?

I regard choosing any Russian software like Kaspersky products a bold decision. It's best to let the NSA spy on you by choosing US products.

Hello @mike888,

mike888 said:

I use Kaspersky on my Windows 7 machines and I am aware of the general security issues regarding Windows 7.

I have found "Kaspersky Security Cloud Free" to be a good product, low on resources etc but am unsure whether I should switch antivirus. If I did switch I would want a simple antivirus and am welcome to suggestions.

For Win 7, there are many Third-Party Utilities/Software available. Of course, it depends on whether you want to use FREE or PAID, obviously the latter having slightly more confidence for users.

It really depends on what you are using Win 7 for. If you are using it as a main computer, then you would want a trusted and recommended software.

Regardless, it is always recommended here to create a regular System Image.

Is there ANY reason that you do NOT want to upgrade [ FREE ] it to Win 10?

If you upgraded to Win 10, you could then use Microsoft Defender [ formerly Windows defender ]. I also understand that Malwarebytes is VERY complimentary with it.

I hope this helps.

@mike888
are you attempting to impose sanctions on Russia by removing Kaspersky products from your PC?

joke aside lol, unless you're a spy or working for government I see no reason why you should be worried.

Steve C said:

I regard choosing any Russian software like Kaspersky products a bold decision. It's best to let the NSA spy on you by choosing US products.

Interesting, while I'n not American nor Russian, If i had to choose who is going to spy on me I would choose it to be foreign country rather than my own country, simply because foreigeiners have no power to do anything about me in my own country.

mike888 said:

My four Windows 7 machines are incapable of running Windows 10...

You can still download Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 from Microsoft. It uses the same scan engine and definitions as Windows 10's Defender.

https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=5201

MSE will be supported for engine and definition updates until January 2023.

Latest new there is software out that wipes evey pc in Ukraine how it know which they dont say but given that I wouldnt want it on my pc